I recently started a discussion on the ASIS-CPP LinkedIn group in respect to industry awards. Here is the exact question I posted, and further down, you’ll see some of the responses I received.
What is your take on industry ‘awards’?
How much stock do you put in them when looking at vendors?
So, what prompted me to ask? Well, at ASIS this year, I was confused by all of the ‘awards’ being marketed on booths. Don’t get me wrong… awards are important, and as referenced in the linked article below, “Awards should help us make better decisions and identify the best choices. But that’s why trust in the award granter is crucial. We need to be confident that awards are really based on merit.” However, are most awards really based on merit and fair competition, or are they ‘awarded’ through other means?
