Business confronts terrorism : risks and responses

Business confronts terrorism : risks and responses / Dean C. Alexander.

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Main Author: Alexander, Dean C., 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, ©2004.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Economic aspects.
Business > Effect of terrorism on.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Industries > Security measures > United States.
Business enterprises > Security measures > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Business > Effect of terrorism on
Business enterprises > Security measures
Industries > Security measures
Terrorism > Economic aspects
Terrorism > Prevention
Terrorismus
Bedrohung
Bekämpfung
Wirtschaftspolitik
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Overview of terror threats
  • Selected attacks by foreign terrorists against U.S. targets
  • Selected attacks by domestic terrorists against U.S. targets
  • Selected terror attacks against business worldwide
  • Selected terror attacks against nonbusiness targets
  • Thwarted terrorist attacks
  • 2. Contemporary and future terror threats
  • Government terror warnings and advisories
  • Terrorists' modus operandi
  • Prospective terror targets
  • 3. Terrorists and their supporters participate in the economic system
  • Companies and individuals aid terrorists
  • Products used in furtherance of terrorism
  • Services used in furtherance of terrorism
  • Criminal activities of terrorists and their abettors
  • 4. Financing terror
  • Traditional financial services
  • Hawalas and other informal money transfer systems
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Commodities
  • Bogus financial instruments and transactions
  • Currency smuggling, wire transfers, and money laundering
  • Smuggling
  • Securities fraud
  • Scams and bank robberies
  • State-sponsors of terrorism
  • U.S. government responses to terrorism financing
  • International responses to terrorism financing
  • 5. Security
  • Security costs
  • Too much money in one place?
  • Security providers
  • Information security
  • Risk and vulnerability assessments
  • Risk management and disaster planning
  • Sector responses
  • 6. Public-private partnership in combating terrorism
  • Government assisting industry in the war on terrorism
  • Industry aiding government in the war on terrorism
  • Sources of tension in the public-partnership in combating terrorism
  • 7. Terror's effects on labor and management
  • Terror victimizes labor
  • Employer and governmental support in crises
  • Terror's effects on military personnel
  • Workforce challenges and opportunities
  • Post-September 11 employer issues
  • 8. Additional perspectives on terror's impact on business
  • Initial impact of catastrophic terrorism
  • Subsequent industry responses
  • Transcending consequences of terror on business
  • Conclusion.

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