The Real Terror at Work

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A handful of people worldwide die from contact with anthrax-laced mail and the chief operating officer is insisting the company needs a device in the mailroom for detecting chemical and biological agents. Does the actual threat to your company warrant the implementation of novel and expensive antiterrorism initiatives? Are there more realistic dangers that your company is ignoring?

Last summer, I was busy promoting my company's newest workplace violence prevention training package. To those directors of human resources, risk management and safety who were gracious enough to give me their time, I "phone painted" the dimensions of the workplace violence epidemic. I stressed the …