Personal Risk Assessment Paper

Political/ Legal and Regulatory Forces - Positive Schweitzer performs under a Personal Risk Assessment, in which outlines the responsibilities and expectations of their employees and company. Schweitzer conducts business under all the appropriate laws and regulations set forth by the Federal, State and Provincial and local laws. SEL employees perform under the Responsibility requirements outlines in the Personal Risk Assessment. As the Assessment states, “A good security program begins and ends with the people that make up the organization”, at SEL, all employees are interviewed where their work ethic, and technological proficiency match with SEL’s mission, culture and principles. Background checks, drug screening, contacting references, are all part of the hiring process. Schweitzer Engineering is committed to their Educational philosophies and policies. SEL University has one clear purpose and that is to provide education and training needed to make electric power safer, more reliable and more economical (SEL Personnel Risk Assessment Process). SELU provide courses, both onsite and online to help “meet your power system training needs and can help optimize the value of your protection system by producing a well-trained workforce capable of achieving superior system performance” (SEL Personnel Risk Assessment Process). The …show more content…
Customers tend to feel more confident purchasing brands that are well known, and because Schweitzer is so much smaller than it’s competitors, potential customers may not trust SEL as much. Schweitzer’s top three competitors have between 44 and 100 times the amount of employees, giving them an advantage in market size and ability to reach more customers. Because the majority of Schweitzer’s company is located in Pullman, which is a very small town, not as many people are aware of it, making it less likely for them to know about SEL’s