9/11 Commission report & ANSI/NPFA 1600 -> liability banking crash

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Het onderstaande is een deel van pagina 398 van 'THE 9/11 COMMISSION
REPORT' en het is frappant dat de verzekeringsmaatschappijen,
rating-agencies en banken dit niet hebben ge-effectueerd.

Immers dan zouden ze nooit zoveel schijnwinsten hebben gemaakt en géén
1000-en miljarden verliezen hebben veroorzaakt.

Zie ook:
http://www.nyu.edu/intercep/events/20041130-106.html
http://www.preparednessllc.com/resources/nfpa_1600.html

THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT:
   Preparedness in the private sector and public sector for rescue,
restart, and recovery of operations should include (1) a plan for
evacuation, (2) adequate communications capabilities, and (3) a plan
for continuity of operations. As we examined the emergency response to
9/11, witness after witness told us that despite 9/11, the private
sector remains largely unprepared for a terrorist attack.
We were also advised that the lack of a widely embraced private-sector
prepared-ness standard was a principal contributing factor to this lack of
preparedness.
   We responded by asking the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
to develop a consensus on a “National Standard for Preparedness” for the
private sector. ANSI convened safety, security, and business continuity
experts
from a wide range of industries and associations, as well as from federal,
state, and local government stakeholders, to consider the need for
standards for private sector emergency preparedness and business
continuity.
   The result of these sessions was ANSI’s recommendation that the Commis-
sion endorse a voluntary National Preparedness Standard. Based on the exist-
ing American National Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and
Business Continuity Programs (NFPA 1600), the proposed National Prepared-
ness Standard establishes a common set of criteria and terminology for pre-
paredness, disaster management, emergency management, and business
continuity programs.The experience of the private sector in the World Trade
Center emergency demonstrated the need for these standards.

Recommendation: We endorse the American National Standards Institute’s
recommended standard for private preparedness. We were encouraged by
Secretary Tom Ridge’s praise of the standard, and urge the Department of
Homeland Security to promote its adoption. We also encourage the insurance
and credit-rating industries to look closely at a company’s compliance
with the ANSI standard in assessing its insurability and creditworthiness.
We believe that compliance with the standard should define the standard of
care owed by a company to its employees and the public for legal purposes.
Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury; it is a cost of doing
business in the post-9/11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous potential
cost in lives, money, and national security.

Dit lijkt me een basis voor 'neglicence' tegen de banken en rating-agencies.

Groet / Cees

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