Figure 9


Occurrence ofThreats to Employees %Yes


%Not Sure Travel delays


Illness while on assignment Lost luggage Ash cloud


Lack of access to Western medical care Opportunistic crime


Workplace accident


Road accidents Civil unrest Pandemics


Language/cultural estrangement


Remoteness of work location Policital upheaval


Hurricane, typhoon, tsunami Earthquake


Travel-related infections Pickpockets


Flood Lost passport


Infectious diseases Violent crime


Lack of admin/legal compliance Lawlessness


Chronic disease of employee Rural isolation


Lack of air quality


Terrorism Insurgency


Organized crime Kidnapping Coup d'état Imprisonment War


Hijacking Piracy


Hotel fires Airline catastrophes 0 10 20 30


Occurrence ofThreats In addition to their perception of risk, respondents were asked:


“Did your company have to deal with any of these threats to its employees during the past three years7


?”


Companies had to deal with these different threats as they actually happened to their employees, albeit to varying degrees (from 5-81%) during the past three years (see Figure 9). During that time, at least one-half of the companies had to manage at least one of the following threats: travel delays, illness while on assignment, lost luggage, ash cloud, lack of access to Western- standard medical care, opportunistic crime, workplace accidents and road accidents. Less than one-in-eight companies had to deal with kidnapping, coup d’état, war, hijacking, hotel fires or airline catastrophes. Interestingly, while piracy was perceived as the only “low” risk among the lists of threats, almost one-in-three


20 40 50 60 70 80 90 100


companies were victims of piracy during the past three years. Travel-related issues (delays and crime), illness and medical care, and accidents (road and work) occur more often than major dangerous political situations, or natural disasters and catastrophes. The most commonly experienced illness- and accident-related threats are also more preventable, and their risks can more easily be managed by employers.


The occurrence of threats does not demonstrate a uniform pattern among companies, as there are many statistically significant differences by company and respondent characteristics.


7


The last three years were used to allow for the threats of various natural disasters. Note that the data collection was completed prior to the political events in North Africa and the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear threat in Japan (February-March of 2011).


%No


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