Violence and Harassment In The Workplace:

Top Security Threats and Management Issues

For the fourth year in a row, workplace violence, which results in three deaths daily and thousands of injuries each year, is the number one security concern facing American business, according to the ninth annual study of Fortune 1000 corporate security professionals. The study results in rank order:

1. Workplace Violence
2. Business Interruption/Disaster Recovery
3. Terrorism (Global and Domestic)
4. Internet/Intranet Security
5. Employee Selection/Screening Concerns
6. Fraud/White-Collar Crime
7. Unethical Business Conduct
8. General Employee Theft
9. Property Crime (external theft/vandalism)
10. Drugs/Alcohol in the Workplace