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SUPPORTING CORPORATE BUSINESS IN THE CURRENT WORLD CLIMATE. A PSC Perspective. There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction. John Dewey, US educator and Pragmatist philosopher (1859 – 1952). AIM.
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SUPPORTING CORPORATE BUSINESS IN THE CURRENT WORLD CLIMATE A PSC Perspective
There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction. John Dewey, US educator and Pragmatist philosopher (1859 – 1952)
AIM To set out some broad thoughts on the utility of private security companies to commercial corporations which need to operate in difficult, unstable and dangerous environments.
OUTLINE • Context – the global commercial operating environment. • PSC – status quo. • Commercial corporations security service requirements. • Security industry response.
CONTEXT - FACTORS • Bottom Up: • Correlation between oil, gas, mineral resources and areas of instability or conflict. • Centrifugal forces pushing commercial operators to the high risk peripheries. • Hydrocarbon and mineral wealth increasingly viewed as nations’ patrimony. • No longer enough to address the symptoms without addressing the causes. • Top Down: • Corporate social responsibility. • Human rights. • Ethical and sustainable development. • Economic approach to security.
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SUPPORTING CORPORATE BUSINESS • Complexity of 21st Century security challenges. • Detailed understanding of our clients’ business. • Greater level of sophistication and expertise required. • Learn to address the causes – not just the symptoms.
OUR INDUSTRY RESPONSE • Segment the market. • Specialise. Differentiate. • Go beyond traditional security services. • Package capabilities to meet developing client needs. • Capability partnerships. • In-country delivery capability. • Hold on to the characteristics that have made us successful.
CONCLUDING THOUGHT(Erinys leitmotif) TOWARDS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A SAFE SECURE ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN JUST SECURITY MANAGEMENT TO WORK WTHIN AN UNSAFE AND INSECURE ENVIRONMEMENT