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employees of basic policies, such as not coming to work if you have a fever. With therecent Ebola scare, businesses can request that employees notify them if they plan toconduct travel in Ebola infected areas or if they have been in contact with someonediagnosed with or suspected of having the Ebola virus.IV.ConclusionCould a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, act of terrorism, disease outbreak, or othercatastrophic event possibly affect your business? A catastrophe is a low probability but,unfortunately, a very high severity event. Business leaders cannot assume it will neverhappen to their business. Instead, businesses must prepare for the consequences of acatastrophic event by implementing procedures that put them in a position to reactquickly and appropriately. Businesses must devote the appropriate resources todevelop a business continuity plan in preparation for a catastrophic event. When suchan event occurs, businesses must rapidly respond so they can return to normaloperations as soon as possible. Statistically, the odds are stacked against the longtermsurvival of a business hit by a catastrophic event. Only those businesses thatdevote the time, effort, and resources necessary to prepare and plan for a catastrophicevent will survive. It is no longer if, but when, your business will be affected by acatastrophic event. When it does, will your business survive or will it be anotherbusiness statistic?March 5, 2015 28 @ 3-5-2015 ALFA International6427256.3/SP/00009/0099/011215