Wackenhuts ViCommSM Hotline Service Relocates to Palm Beach Gardens Headquarters Office

The Wackenhut Corporation provides Vital Communications services to clients all over the globe. Hotline services have relocated to a new office. Safe2SaySM, Wackenhut's 24-7, confindential, anonymous hotline will not only assist public companies with the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, but will also help with reduced lititgation, improved employee morale, reduced workplace misconduct and increased shareholder confidence.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL (PRWEB) May 10, 2003 -- American businesses lose close to $600 billion due to occupational fraud and abuse, but organizations with hotlines can cut their fraud losses by approximately 50 percent per scheme, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Corporations must be aware of the potential risks and threats that are present in the workplace. Fraud, theft, sexual harassment and workplace violence issues affect corporations everyday and many times these lead to significant business losses.

As a leading provider of security and related services, The Wackenhut Corporation is able to meet the customer demand for high quality hotline services through its Vital Communications (ViCommSM) Center.

Just recently, Wackenhut consolidated the operations of its hotline and related services under the ViCommSM banner. A brand new ViCommSM center is located at the headquarters office in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Under the guidance of a new management team, ViCommSM offers customers effective customized hotline systems.

One popular ViCommSM service is the newly renamed hotline program, Safe2SaySM. For over 20 years, Wackenhut has provided employees with a confidential, anonymous outlet to report concerns of wrongdoing in the workplace to highly trained communications specialists. Available around the clock, this toll-free hotline provides service in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and all other modern languages. Safe2SaySM can also ensure full compliance with the reporting requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

ViCommSM clients are able to handle ethics and compliance issues in a proactive manner through Safe2SaySM," Fred Giles, Vice President Research Services said. Safe2SaySM offers our clients effective, customized systems to help companies limit exposure to litigation, improve employee morale, reduce workplace misconduct, and increase shareholder confidence."

ViCommSM also offers human resource professionals a powerful tool to address critical issues involving retention and turnover of quality employees. Through Anything2SaySM Exit Interview Service, clients are able to obtain valuable customized information from departing employees that may not be communicated through traditional exit interviews.

Clients will find the information obtained through an Anything2SaySM debriefing particularly valuable, as employees feel more comfortable sharing their comments and concerns with a live, independent and impartial third party, said Giles.
   
Frederick G. Giles, CPP is Vice President, Research Services at The Wackenhut Corporation. In that capacity Giles is responsible for the National Research and ViCommSM centers. With over 30 years of experience in loss prevention and law enforcement, he has expertise in public records retrieval, employment screening, corporate asset protection and investigative interviewing. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) as designated by the American Society for Industrial Security and has been interviewed by numerous national news media as an expert, including an appearance on Discovery channels Inside series, Security Management and Loss Prevention Magazine.

The Wackenhut Corporation, founded in 1954, is the leading provider of business services to major corporations, government agencies, and a wide range of industrial and commercial customers. With a reputation as the premier protective service organization, Wackenhuts (www.wackenhut.com) principal business lines include physical security, training, facility management and operations, security consulting and investigations, fire prevention and emergency protection.

Wackenhut is the U.S. based division of Group 4 Falck, one of the worlds largest providers of security and related services. Listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Group 4 Falck has annual revenues of US $5.3 billion and employs over 215,000 individuals in over 80 countries on six continents.