Leadership Liability in Crisis: Why CEOs and Boards Can No Longer Ignore Threat Assessments
- CrisisWire
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
When Leaders Become the Target
In 2025, leadership isn’t just accountable for profits — it’s accountable for safety. CEOs, presidents, and boards are being sued personally after preventable insider threats, school shootings, or workplace violence.
As someone who has protected U.S. diplomats overseas (WPS/WPPS), led safety in Hawaiʻi universities, and audited facilities for DHS/FEMA, I know one fact: threat assessment is now leadership insurance.
How Liability Shifts to Leaders
Failure to Act: Ignoring reports of concerning behavior.
Policy-Procedures Gap: Policies exist but are not enforced.
No Documentation: Courts punish leaders who cannot show written due diligence.
Research from Leadership Liability in Crisis (Academia.edu) and Leadership Liability (Scribd) confirms this trend.
The CrisisWire Model
Documented audits (access, visitor, insider threats).
Annual report delivered to CEOs/boards.
Staff training to prove due diligence.
ICS/NIMS-aligned crisis drills.
📘 CrisisWire provides leadership-level threat assessments and liability protection services nationwide.
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FAQ
Q1: Are CEOs really liable for violence inside their company? Yes. Courts increasingly hold leaders responsible for preventable incidents.
Q2: How does CrisisWire protect leadership? Through documented assessments, policy audits, and compliance mapping.
Q3: Does this apply to school leaders? Yes. Superintendents and principals face the same liability risks.
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