Being sued can be the “worst nightmare” situation for a business. This post discusses practical ways to respond to threats of a lawsuit. 

In a guest post by Scott Brawner, he lists several signs to look for when gauging whether to stay or to go when things get heated in another country– particularly as it relates to recent events in Nicaragua. 

Learn more about the U.S. State Department’s launch of a new consular security and safety messaging system and how to access the new system.

Is your church prepared with a security plan? Check out this post by security expert, former Ranger sniper, and ordained pastor Scott Brawner.

Cyber security is an increasingly hot topic, particularly for businesses and organizations working in certain areas of the world. This note summarizes and directs you to the Cyber Security Report.

When the organization has to let someone go for misconduct, and there is a scandal, what should it say? How much is too much? What are possible consequences?

Mr. Barth believes that public administrators can learn a great from the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, given that the guiding principles for large bureaucracies are similar to the large religious organization. He wrote a great article called “Crisis Management in the Catholic Church: Lessons for Public Administrators.”

A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Rev. Jiang, was accused of sexually abusing a child. He denied having done it. The criminal case against Rev. Jiang was voluntarily dismissed by the prosecutor.

Failing in the child protection arena has two possible worst-case outcomes for organizations. You need to get these policies right the first time. Organizations need to work on their child protection policies. 

Recently, a court has allowed to go forward most of a case against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco. The case alleges that the school did not investigate, refused to apply the ministerial exception defense, and did not find any formal religious decision-making process. What lessons can be learned here?