In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the language of risk, why confusion reigns in organisations, and why they avoid using the term of risk altogether. You can find the podcast on all major platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Google. Please subscribe so you don&apos;t miss an episode and give us a rating to help spread the word. In this episode, Gaye and Richard refer to their text Engineering Due Diligence that you can buy online at https://r2a.com.au/product/r2a-engineering-due-diligence-textbook/ For more information on Richard &amp; Gaye&apos;s due diligence work, head to www.r2a.com.au and www.aptoppe.com.au.

Rail Safety National Law - The confusion between it and the WHS Legislation/OHS Act

Due Diligence and Risk Engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss governance in an engineering context.Richard &amp; Gaye are co-directors at R2A and have seen the risk business industry become very complex. The OHS/WHS 'business', in particular, has turned into an industry, that appears to be costing an awful lot of organisations an awful lot of money for very little result.&nbsp;Richard &amp; Gaye's point of difference is that they come from the Common Law viewpoint of what would be expected to be done in the event that something happens. Which is very, very different from just applying the risk management standard (for example).&nbsp;They combine common law and risk management to come to a due diligence process to make organisations look at what their risk issues are and, more importantly, what they have to have in place to manage these things.Due diligence is a governance exercise. You can't always be right, but what the courts demand of you is that you're always diligent&nbsp;