In today's society with the slack in rules and non aggressive management it is very easy for a company to produce an environment where theft seems acceptable. Employees steal and find that there aren't any repercussions for their crime so they continue the behavior. It's all positive for them because they get something out of it and there is no punishment. It was reported by the security Group of Cahner's Business that, if they saw others getting away with theft, 66% of employees would steal. This is not including the 13% who already steal or would steal anyway (Guerin 2004).
I believe that employee theft is stealing or misusing a company's assets without their prior permission. It is not just stealing money, inventory, or office supplies; employee theft also includes taking customers and information. Employees may think that taking small things, or not very much won't affect the company but it is estimated that it takes twenty dollars to compensate for every dollar stolen......
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