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
As we recently discussed, it is our core responsibility as managers and leaders in the security field to ensure the safety of the people to whom we are accountable, be they international travelers, expatriates, or their dependents. No matter what unexpected challenges are presented – from political unrest, to natural disasters, to concerns of international cyber security risks threatening our global infrastructure – we maintain our goal to fulfill this Duty of Care responsibility in an overarching effort to make the world less dangerous, no matter the destination. Read full blog post
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
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
A hike along the Inca Trail near Machu Picchu in Peru was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. But it quickly turned into a medical emergency that required my evacuation to the United States, and eventually back home to Australia. Good thing I had a plan in place, just in case something happened. Read full blog post
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This summer, nearly 1,000 representatives of NGOs gathered in Washington for several days of conferences and seminars. On the minds of many were emergency response plans and risk management and mitigation. Read full blog post
From airline CEO’s to travel directors, the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – were on the minds of many of the 7,000 people who attended the Global Business Travel Association annual convention this week in Boston. We are also reminded that Duty of Care continues to play an important role in travel and risk management.
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International SOS and Control Risks recently wrapped-up a four-part Webinar series on doing business in the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China. More than 500 people attended these insightful programs, where experts on the ground in these countries discussed the medical and security risks of doing business.
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Over the weekend, it was announced that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammad Mursi was declared the winner of the presidential run-off election in Egypt. This announcement was a key part of the transition process that began more than a year ago when former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
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During five years of living and traveling throughout Russia (1988-91, 1999-2001) plus a series of shorter trips to that country, starting in 1987 and continuing through the 1990s, I, like many others, became intensely fascinated by the Russian people and their remarkable culture, to include their history, language, literature, music, theater, cuisine and just general manner of dealing with one another and with non-Russians. Read full blog post
