The ongoing financial crisis underscores the need for companies to take a sobering look at their approach to risk management.

Among the many lessons to be learned, one is immediately clear: The subprime debacle represents a failure in risk management, rather than a failure of risk management.

We are still not out of the woods and there may still be more shoes to drop, but some general views are emerging.

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