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The unemployment rate broke 8 percent recently and we have learned from history that our crime rates climb in direct correlation with unemployment. Due to this, businesses and organizations must protect their doors along with their reputation. |
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| Author: Allen Richardson |
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From 1970 to 1993 crime rose with the unemployment rate according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports. The report goes further to show that during the period of 1992 to 1996 as the unemployment rate dropped there was a dramatic correlation in the drop of crime, particularly in poverty stricken areas. Other reports show that nearly a 9 percent drop in burglary, a 14 percent drop in rape and robbery and nearly a 30 percent drop in assaults can be a direct result of only a 2 percent drop in unemployment. With these statistics in mind we can assume the inverse as well. Since 2008 we have had a 3% increase in unemployment and based on these numbers that would indicate a 13.5% increase in burglary alone in 2009.
Directly tied to the unemployment are the number of corporate and personal bankruptcies that have taken place recently. According to the United States Insolvency Service there has been a 56% increase in insolvent businesses in the first quarter of this year over the same quarter in 2008. This equates to nearly 5,000 businesses that have become upside down financially in the first quarter of 2009. Additionally in the month of May 2009 there were over 120,000 personal and corporate bankruptcies filed. With these numbers it’s easy to assume there are many newly unemployed and desperate people everywhere.
With statistics like these it should be clear that organizations need to protect their reputation and their property. Adding ID cards to your employees or members is a simple and effective way to enhance your security with identification. Identification cards also add to the perception of customers when employees are out of the office and add a sense of comfort to your customers and especially your prospective customers who are new to your business.
Barcodes, biometric scanners, RFID chips and many other security features can be added to enhance the security of your ID card solution. Technologies like these are continually becoming more affordable thanks to mass production and today’s speed of technology. Even without these more costly solutions, simply by requiring employees and visitors to wear ID cards in your place of business can greatly add to your company’s security. Today, thanks to the Internet, there are solutions available for both small and large companies through online security services that offer ID cards as their primary business. Companies like FullIdentity.com have also integrated services like background checks, RFID, holograms and whatever type of technology you want to implement into the security of your identification card solution.
Business has been hard enough in this economy when people are spending less and watching for every opportunity to save a few dollars. As business tends to tighten, we have to be sure to take the very best care of each and every customer. After all, sales are a bit tougher to attain when everyone is watching their bottom line. One thing businesses can take care of during times like these is their reputation. Protecting a business’s reputation by not allowing criminals or other’s to impersonate or infiltrate your organization is critical. ID cards can be a huge factor in the verification of who someone says they are and add to a company’s credibility.
About Author
Being the founder of Virtual Tournament Director and http://www.FullIdentity.com, Allen Richardson has developed solutions for registration and identification cards for over seven years. Additionally, he has served as a consultant to Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway, Southwest Airlines and many other organizations.
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