subject: Identification Cards in Today's Economy and Why by:Allen Richardson [print this page] As unemployment rates climb past 8%, we know from history that crime increases along side of unemployment. Because of this, organizations and businesses need to protect their reputation along with their doors. A simple addition to discourage crime and enhance a companys perception to their customers is through the use of ID cards while employees are on the job.
>From 1970 to 1993 crime rose with the unemployment rate according to the FBIs 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 its easy to assume there are many newly unemployed and desperate people everywhere.
In this new environment, businesses and organizations need to protect both their property and their reputation. Requiring employees to wear ID cards is an effective and simple way to increase your security with identification. ID cards can add to the perception from your customers when employees are out of the office by adding a sense of comfort, especially those whose businesses you are pursuing.
There are more sophisticated locks utilizing RFID, barcodes, biometric scanners and the like and they can all be added to enhance the security on your ID cards. These technologies are always becoming more affordable every year thanks to the speed and production of the security industry and mass production. However, by simply requiring employees to wear ID badges in the workplace adds to a companys level of security. Today there are solutions available for both large and small organizations through online security companies that offer ID cards as a primary business. Organizations like FullIdentity can also integrate background checks, holograms, RFID and whatever technology you are looking to implement into your identification card solution to protect your business.
As consumers are spending less and watching for opportunities to save every dollar they can, business has been difficult in this economy. Organizations need to be sure to take the best care of each customer as the search for new and repeat business becomes more difficult. Protecting a businesss reputation by not allowing individuals to infiltrate your organization or impersonate your employees is critical. ID cards can be an easy to implement and a huge factor in the verification of who someone says they are and add to a companys credibility.
About the author
Founder of http://www.FullIdentity.com and Virtual Tournament Director, Allen Richardson has created applications for registering and distributing identification cards for over seven years. Allen is also the author of Personal Discipline, and serves as a consultant to many organizations such as Southwest Airlines and BNSF Railway.
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