Why Identification Cards are Important in Today's Economy

The unemployment rate broke 8 percent recently and we have learned from history that our crime rates climb in direct correlation with unemployment.  Due to this, businesses and organizations must protect their doors along with their reputation.  By simply adding ID cards and requiring employees to wear and display their identification cards while on the job can greatly discourage crime and enhance a company’s perception to their customers.

From 1970 to 1993 crime rose with the unemployment rate according to the FBI’s 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.

The United States Insolvency Service stated that there was a 56% increase in insolvent businesses in the first quarter of this year over the first quarter of 2008.  That’s nearly 5,000 companies that have become illiquid in just the first quarter of 2009.  Adding to this there were over 120,000 personal and corporate bankruptcies filed last month (May 2009).  Needless to say there are a lot of newly unemployed and desperate individuals in every community.

In this new environment, businesses and organizations need to protect both their property and their reputation.  Requiring employee’s 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 employee’s to wear ID badges in the workplace adds to a company’s 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.com can also integrate background checks, holograms, RFID and whatever technology you are looking to implement into your identification card solution to protect your business.

Business has been hard enough in this economy when people are spending less and watching for every opportunity to save a few dollars.  As business tends to tighten, we have to be sure to take the very best care of each and every customer.  After all, sales are a bit tougher to attain when everyone is watching their bottom line.  One thing businesses can take care of during times like these is their reputation.  Protecting a business’s reputation by not allowing criminals or other’s to impersonate or infiltrate your organization is critical.  ID cards can be a huge factor in the verification of who someone says they are and add to a company’s credibility.