What the changes say
- AI governance and cybersecurity risks are newly emphasized as third-party vendors rapidly deploy AI tools with limited company oversight.
- Climate risk remains, but the specific risk of failing environmental goals was removed.
- Candidate shortages remain materially unchanged as a talent-solutions operating risk.
What changed since the prior 10-K
New
- NewRisks Related to the Company’s Business Environment
AI may also lead to novel and urgent cybersecurity risks, including access to or the misuse of personal data, all of which may adversely affect its operations and reputation
Rapidly deployed third-party AI tools could expose personal data, weaken security controls, or create unmanaged model and downstream-use risks.
Dropped
- DroppedRisks Related to the Company’s Information Technology, Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Based Target initiative (“SBTi”)
Reworded
- 54% rewrittenRisks Related to the Intellectual Property
Risks Associated With the Effects of Climate Change
Climate-change wording is largely unchanged, but the headquarters reference now covers areas of California and still notes emissions targets submitted to SBTi.
- 37% rewrittenRisks Related to the Company’s Business Environment
Related to the Company’s Operations
The candidate-shortage risk is substantively unchanged; wording now refers to the Company’s operations and business rather than its operations and business.
Risk factor headings as read
Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.
Risks Related to the Company’s Business Environment
- 01Related to the Company’s Operations37% rewritten
- 02AI may also lead to novel and urgent cybersecurity risks, including access to or the misuse of personal data, all of which may adversely affect its operations and reputationNew
Risks Related to the Intellectual Property
- 03Risks Associated With the Effects of Climate Change54% rewritten
General Risks
- 04Failure to identify and respond to risk issues in a timely manner could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business. Although the Company has processes in place to attempt to identify and respond to risk issues in a timely manner, the Company’s efforts may not be sufficient
Other Robert Half 10-Ks
- FY2024 10-K risk factorsRisk factors section under review
Candidate availability is central because talent solutions depend on people seeking employment through Robert Half.
Filed Feb 13, 2025
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