Hi Bridgett, it’s sad that people are not trust worthy, especially on job, which provideds them with a lifestyle of living. The astounding thing is that these individuals truly think they will never get got, and they continued to steal until they are caught. However, hopefully these individual learn that stealing doesn’t pay and make better decision throughout their life. However, this doesn’t surprise me, because I see it all the time with employees stealing from their employer. Basically with bank employees. I came across one incident with a bank teller was stealing money from the banking customer and was doing it for years, she was caught and arrested.
Not to our surprise, the employee would almost always choose their economic stability over their integrity. It is still not easy to say that the employee’s conscious didn’t warn them of the risks, the first time. It begins with just a simple upgrade tune up and then trickles to $1,000 in new auto parts. If we look back at the Sear’s auto mechanic example, a mechanic could easily convince the customer that their car needed a whole new system because of the customer’s lack of knowledge of the subject. The customer automatically assumes there is a guaranteed trust commitment to their service, but in turn gets fooled. The evidence unearthed by investigators found nearly identical reports of cheating at one Sears auto repair shop after another.
Recently, San Jose Mercury News reported that a 39-year-old woman was charged with embezzlement. It is alleged that the woman used company credit cards to pay for various personal items, vehicles and trips. She is also accused of using company checks to pay her rent and give herself unauthorized bonuses and overtime. The woman, who worked as an office manager, allegedly stole funds in excess of $1 million over the course of a
The other ethical pyramid for the same situation consists of natural law as the ethical system, stealing (for any reason) is wrong for the moral rule, and employees should never steal from employers as the moral judgement. Both ethical pyramids have the same judgment, stealing is wrong and never justifiable. Therefore, I would alert HR of the situation. I would also suggest the termination of my fellow
those times it was not uncommon to have your workers stealing money from you as many just
The individual seems to lack personal and moral standards. Society deems this behavior unethical because of the negative consequences it causes to the employees and business. No one likes to be stolen from, but the individual partaking in the act may find it excusable because of a personal issue they could be experiencing. It could be difficult to determine if an action is ethical or not because there is no specific rule or principle that whether something is ethical or not (). Since ethics and law is comparable it helps set an understanding for everyone in society that stealing is unethical no matter what situation the or reason the individual finds stealing to be excusable. I believe these behaviors are caused because there is a lapse in personal ethics and self-interest. These two factors cause the individual to find stealing to be okay and continue to do it without regret. Possibly if they fully understood the consequences of their actions they might change their behavior. For some unfortunately they will come to understand these consequences when they are caught and
When workers take small objects from their workplace, they are taking items that are pennies on the dollar. However when all of the pennies are counted on a grand scale, they accumulate to massive amounts of dollars. At the end of the day, when all is said and done, the workers are taking profits from their employers. The profits taken have long lasting effects that the workers are not seeing. Companies and corporations will start cutting paychecks, increasing prices, and even firing their employees when their net revenue starts declining. This is a situation where everyone loses; the employees get their wages cut, the consumers become affected by inflation, and the owners have to take preventative measures just to keep their companies afloat. These occurring events could be prevented, there is not a gray area where workers stealing from their bosses is morally
In my white collar crime example, I am an employee. I’ve been working at this company for fourteen years. My coworker and I are responsible for handling the checks. My boss put me in charge for depositing money in the bank. The checks that I am supposed to deposit, I usually keep it for myself. I’ve deposited money on time sometimes to make things not look suspicious. My motivation for pocketing the money is because I don’t get enough money. I am a single mother with four children and I need money to support my kids and making sure that they have everything that they need. There are some nights when I don’t eat because I don’t have the money to buy anything for myself. This is the one of the easiest
Justin has an important decision to make, whether he decides to do the ethical and moral thing and tell someone or he can decide to do the unethical thing and let it go like nothing ever happened. Not doing anything makes him just as guilty as the person who stole the items. Justin should let someone know about the things that his co-workers are doing. Most companies that have stores across the country usually have some sort of hotline for reporting unethical behavior and illegal activities. If Justin does not want to be involved personally then he can call the hotline and give them an anonymous tip that a certain employee was seen helping a customer steal merchandise. If the company does not offer such a system then he needs to talk to his
Retail employees- Theft from within is a huge problem for retailers large and small. Some employees are very cavalier about taking from their employer. They feel some sense of entitlement or that they are owed something that justifies the theft.
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners classifies occupational fraud to occur in one of the following three types: asset misappropriation, corruption, and financial statement fraud. It is possible that the fraud being committed at Wayland Manufacturing Company is asset misappropriation. Asset misappropriation occurs when “an employee steals or misuses the employing organization’s resources” which include its cash and non-cash assets (The Fraud Tree n.d.). Cash asset misappropriation includes theft of cash on hand and cash receipts and fraudulent disbursements while non-asset misappropriation occurs with misuse and larceny. Further review of the provided information suggests that a Wayland Manufacturing Company employee is involved
According to Walsh (2000) one of the major reasons for employee theft is low morale at the workplace. Second a lack of control over inventory. Sometimes young employees are subjectivity to peer press to be part of the group can encourage theft. The employee feels that the business or company has wronged or mistreated them in some way. This may be why employees feel underpaid and under-appreciate for their “hard” work done. Like any crime, there must be motive, method and opportunity. It is easy to steal because the employer does not have preventive measures to stop them. Preventive measures are crucial to reducing the risk of employee theft. If preventive measures are not existent then the opportunity to steal is very high. Employers should limit the opportunities to steal. Employers should open their own mail, segregate duties, and particularly bookkeeping functions. Also, employers should not have the check writer balance the checkbook and do not use cash. Younger employees do not think prudently, and tend to be impulsive (Walsh 2000). This is also a major reason why businesses suffer from low production and profit loss.
Keep in mind that most idenitiy theft can be obtained by paper because it can be easily transported and read. Unfortuately, most crimes are inside jobs, meaning your own employees are likely to commit the crime.
Why do employees feel free to steal? Most employee theft occurs because it is too easy. What can a company do to prevent employee theft? What should a company do to employee thieves? The following paragraphs summarize a few ideas.
Individual misbehaviour in any organisation is not only dependent on an individual’s psychology but is also affected by many variables such as the Organisation structure, Work environment, operating procedures etc. However, the phenomenon of misbehaviour can be better understood in terms of motives and opportunity. Employees commit unethical conduct because of one of the motives of - greed, financial benefit, or other individual motivations and these motives flourish in the absence of effective monitoring mechanisms and effective leadership in the work environment. Sunshine Fashions’
Need to get be better rewarded: theft is a symptom that managers are not well remunerated. Pocketing the