The 1996 Workplace Violence Institute Research
study found that workplace violence costs US companies
35.5 billion dollars for 1995. While the overall
cost is still staggering, it was a slight decrease
from 1994; researchers directly traced this decrease
to companies who implemented company-wide training.
The questions in this section assess how prepared
your organization is to deal with workplace violence.
The following table shows recommendations with workplace
violence statistics sorted by those that require the shortest
time to implement.
Click on a recommendation for details on
how to implement it inside your company or business
unit.
Industry:
Your response did not place you in high risk
industry category; however, every industry has to
prepare for, and deal with, workplace
violence.
