Operations
Securitas is divided into four main business segments, "Security Services North America," "Security Services Europe," "Security Services Ibero-America," and "Mobile and Monitoring." Operations outside of the Americas and Europe are reported in a separate category called "Other," which also includes central expenses.
In general, the group operates under the brand Securitas for all business segments. Specialized services including due diligence, background checks, security assessments, brand protection, intellectual property protection, executive protection, investigations, cyber surveillance, computer forensics, social compliance and IT security are performed worldwide under the brand "Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations." These operations are reported as part of the North American business segment. The Danish and Swiss markets are exceptions, in that general security services are provided under the brands Dansikring and Protectas, respectively.
Securitas emphasizes the importance of values to the corporation. The fundamental values are defined as "Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness." The organized use of values for managing the group began in 1958, when a number of workshop meetings with employees took place. One of the aims was to reach consensus on the everyday implications of integrity, vigilance and helpfulness, which were by then already established as corporate keywords. The result was the document "Basic Values for Guards" (Handlingsnorm för väktare), a list of 20 theses describing how a security guard should act, which over the years has evolved into the group's current basic values for employees guide.
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