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What is the definition of risk?

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Question added by Mohamed Ali Abd El-Ghaffar Hibah , Business Innovation Senior Manager (Corporate) , El Araby Group
Date Posted: 2013/09/27
Mostafa Metwally
by Mostafa Metwally , Safety Engineer /Traffic control coordinator , Mitsubishi Heavy Industry

a situation involving exposure to danger. 

expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss. 

Mahmoud Ahmad Sabra  mubarak
by Mahmoud Ahmad Sabra mubarak , Senior IT Specialist , Archen Engineering Consultants.

It is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on the projects objectives. ( PmBok guide definition )

In terms of banking, a risk is an event that may or may not occur in the future and if it does, it may expose the individual or entity to financial, reputational or regulatory loss among others, or a combination of these losses.

Nancy Refai
by Nancy Refai , Health, safety and environmental management Trainer and consultant , Freelancer

"The effect of uncertainty on objectives " ISO31000

Mohamed   Ali Abd El-Ghaffar Hibah
by Mohamed Ali Abd El-Ghaffar Hibah , Business Innovation Senior Manager (Corporate) , El Araby Group

risk is the effect of uncertainty on objectives

Note that

An effect is a deviation from the expected — positive and/or negative

Objectives can have different aspects (such as financial, health and safety, and environmental goals) and can apply at different levels such as strategic, organization-wide, project, product and process

Ref. ISO

Yehia Rabie
by Yehia Rabie , Freelance HSSE Consultant / Trainer , NIOSH and Several Training Co.

Risk = Severity x Likelihood

Joseph Obuewu
by Joseph Obuewu , HSE Coordinator , Piccolo Brunelli Engineering

Risk in occupational health and safety could be defined as the likelihood of a substance, material or process to cause harm and its resulting severity.

vinita chavali
by vinita chavali , Deputy Manager , Axis Bank

Risk in banking parlance is any losses that might occur due to non repayment of loans by a customer ( credit risk), decrease in value of bank assets due to fluctuations in market forces like interest rate, exchange rate etc. ( market risk) and losses that may occur to the bank due to poor performance of system or its staff (operational risk)

Rajat Verma
by Rajat Verma , Assistant Manager , American Express

Anything breakdown which stops the operation.

Almuiz Algaili Ali Alsheikh
by Almuiz Algaili Ali Alsheikh , Insurance coordinator , Zain Telecommunication Company

Risk can be defined as an event could happen in un specific time you don’t know about it,  it could happen after a year , a month , today or as this moment.

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