Tensions have been heightened on the Korean peninsula over the past several months, with North Korea threatening to attack the US and South Korea. This hostile rhetoric ramped up in February, when the international community tightened sanctions against North Korea after it conducted nuclear and long-range missile tests. The tensions reached a peak during joint South Korea-US military exercises on the peninsula in March-April. Read full blog post
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Track and Inform to Keep Travelers Safe
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar How to Locate Your Workforce Today and Tomorrow, part of a series on Duty of Care and best practices. We took a look at technology that can educate and alert your employees of risks and ways to mitigate so they are prepared when trouble hits; trends in travel tracking; managing “Maverick” travelers who book outside the approved system; and the importance of an “I’m OK” policy. Read full blog post
Duty of Care and Evacuation Planning
The possibility of an evacuation of personnel and their families from a manmade or natural disaster keeps many security directors up at night. Evacuations are true team efforts where all moving parts must be practiced and happen in just the right order to be successful.
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Self Assessment: Take a Look in the Mirror
In its most basic sense, Duty of Care is about your organization’s ethos and corporate social responsibility. It’s about taking care of your community within. Read full blog post
Hot Spots: The Security and Political Outlook for Business Travelers in 2013
Where will political unrest continue in 2013? What could happen in Venezuela as the political landscape changes? What about China, where new leadership takes over? Register Today Read full blog post
Tracking Travelers: Have a Plan in Place Before a Crisis Hits
In a recent poll by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) and International SOS, most respondents – 90 percent – said that their travelers want to be tracked so that in case of an emergency, they can be contacted immediately. Read full blog post
Meeting Your Duty of Care: The View from Singapore
In Singapore, the government recognizes the importance of a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
This is reflected in the vision spelled out by Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for Singapore to be a role model in health and safety at work by 2018. This includes, among others, a goal of bringing down the national fatality rate to less than 1.8 per 100,000 workers by 2018. Read full blog post
Eight Essential Steps: Where do you Stand?
In the recent webinar – the first in a series “Start to Finish: 8 Essential Steps for Duty of Care” – an expert panel took a look at analyzing risks and threats to organizations’ global workforces. Read full blog post
Assessing the Threats: Key Questions to Ask
In a webinar last week, we took a look at how threats are analyzed, reported and categorized. Threats can come in many different forms, including man-made and natural. And it’s important to look at numerous factors when analyzing threats and make reasonable assessments based on credible information. Read full blog post
Managing the Risks of a Mobile Workforce
In today’s global environment, employees are increasingly working abroad as international assignees or business travellers. Organizations must provide adequate duty of care to their employees by demonstrating that steps have been taken to identify, assess and mitigate all foreseeable risks through a comprehensive risk management strategy. View this video
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