In Depth

Putting an End to Workplace Violence

What does it take to create a safe environment for employees? Park Dietz and other experts and CSOs discuss how to head off a security department's worst nightmare: Workplace violence.

By Daintry Duffy

If your program works effectively, workplace violence prevention will change more than the overall safety level. It will change the corporate culture in important and perceptible ways. A good program will create a culture that says certain kinds of behavior are not acceptable, thus making a more comfortable place for everyone. Casey suggests that corporations should take a lesson from airport security. "You know you can't walk on an airplane and joke about having a bomb," he says. "Nearly every time, the employee [who has made a threat] says, 'My God, that's not what I meant!' but the fact is that these kinds of words are not acceptable in the workplace."

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