Is the risk of workplace violence increasing?
The short answer to this question is “Yes!” The increase in workplace violence suggests that every organization should have a clearly defined policy which states that no violence, of any type, is tolerated. Risk from violence comes not only from outside the organization but also from threatening behavior among employees or from supervisors. Escalation of violence from verbal to physical is well documented. All too often these increased levels of risk should be matched with stronger compliance risk management and compliance risk assessment policies and procedures within an organization. Maintaining a corporate security awareness attitude among all employees is necessary defense against this risk as well. Name some other “best practices” associated with a compliance methodology to support proper levels of security within an organization.
