Risk assessment in protection of persons, property and business affairs: Risks of illegal behavior and lack of adequate normative regulations

Abstract

The article deals with legal dimensions of the process of identification, classification and assessment of risks in the domain of protection of persons, property and business affairs. The author provides various arguments in favor of introducing the normative level into the risk analysis and assessment process, and highlights the significance and possibilities of using legal regulations as an instrument for achieving the risk management objectives. Special emphasis is put on the importance of internal organization regulations (so-called autonomous law) as an instrument of regulating the measures and procedures in the domain of private security and of establishing an integrated system of legal protection against risks for persons, property and business affairs of the organization. The author's analysis results in setting up the criteria for creating a unique classification of risks, which are predominantly of a legal character. Having established a legal risks typology, the author discusses the risks of illegal behavior of external and internal subjects and points to the possibilities of their identification and categorization. The paper also focuses on the importance of having the knowledge of legal regulations and their implementation in the risk assessment phase, and in particular addresses the issue of criminal liability of legal entities as a special kind of risk resulting from illegal acts of responsible persons and employees.

Članak je posvećen razmatranju pravne dimenzije procesa identifikovanja, klasifikacije i ocene rizika u domenu zaštite lica, imovine i poslovanja. Autor iznosi tezu o potrebi uvođenja normativne ravni u procese analize i procene rizika i raspravlja o značaju i mogućnostima instrumentalizacije pravnih normi za ostvarivanje ciljeva menadžmenta rizika. Naročita pažnja pridaje se važnosti interne organizacijske regulative (tzv. autonomno pravo) kao sredstva za normativizaciju mera i procedura u domenu privatnog obezbeđenja i konstituisanje integrisanog sistema pravne zaštite od rizika po bezbednost, imovinu i poslovanje organizacije. Rezultat autorove analize je postavljanje kriterijuma za stvaranje jedinstvene klasifikacije rizika, koji imaju pretežno pravni karakter. Nakon uspostavljanja tipologije pravnih rizika, autor raspravlja o rizicima od protiv-pravnog delovanja eksternih i internih subjekata i ukazuje na mogućnosti njihovog identifikovanja i kategorizacije. U radu se razmatra i značaj poznavanja i implementacije pravnih propisa u fazi procene rizika, a posebna pažnja posvećena je problemu odgovornosti pravnih lica za krivična dela, kao specifičnoj vrsti rizika nastaloj delovanjem odgovornih lica i zaposlenih?.