NCJ Number
85122
Journal
Journal of Security Administration Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (June 1982) Pages: 49-56
Date Published
1982
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Preplanning combined with continual caution and prudent responses are the keys to minimizing the risk encountered in conducting business in a terrorist environment.
Abstract
Each company must face the terrorist threat from the perspective of its own analysis of a wide range of variables, all of which are directly linked to its investment and the profitability of the company's operation. Some of the more important variables to consider are whether the local overseas operation is critical to overall operations, the company's relationship with the host country, the host country's law relating to submitting to terrorist demands, the potential for profits from future operations, the amount of capital investment involved and its transportability, and the type of business, its size, location, and image. Further, most large corporations combine intelligence, threat analysis, and crisis management in determining whether and under what circumstances to continue operating in a terrorist environment. The intelligence function normally consists of one person in an office having accountability for gathering information, analyzing the information in the context of the local environment, and then providing recommendations to management on how to deal with the local situation. In threat analysis, the gathered information is evaluated, and specific measures are developed to counter or minimize the probability of the occurrence. The crisis management concept is designed to minimize disruption and uncoordinated action in the event of a kidnapping. Three references and 16 bibliographic entries are provided.