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	{{Anat\|negotiation}}One of the [[JC]]’s {{t\|maxim}}s. If you have a real business {{t\|risk}}, then you need a real ~~operational mitigant~~ for it, you can support ~~that~~ with a contract, but ~~the contract by itself is a really lousy mitigant: Sticking~~ something in a ~~contract~~ that no-one will ever read again is a really bad way of [[hedging]] against a real ~~world~~ risk.		{{Anat\|negotiation}}One of the [[JC]]’s {{t\|maxim}}s. If you have a real business {{t\|risk}}, then you need a real business control for it. Not a [[piece of paper]] that you signed in 2007 and then stuck in a draw.

			You can support your operational controls with a stout legal {{t\|contract}}, but sticking something in a document that no-one will ever read again, and most people in your organisation wouldn’t understand even if they did, is a really bad way of [[hedging]] against a real risk.