Business Technology Crime Psychology

By: Lok, Johnny Ch

The reasons of internal theft threat occurs in working environmentWhy do employees steal? The motivating factors for employee theft are opportunity, rationalization, or need. The removal of any of these factors particularly opportunity will reduce losses. As risk of being caught increases, the probability of theft decreases. When the risk of being caught of low theft may raise. Criminal psychologists indicated that 10% of your employees would not steal from you regardless of the circumstances, 10% will steal at any opportunity and 80% can go either way, waiting to see how serious you are about theft and weighing the risks. Thus, the best defense against internal theft is comprehensive pre-employment screening. A criminal records check and a credit history are a vital part of this process. Because the criminal records check will verify whether an employee has been honest in answering questions about a criminal record. Employers may arrange for a criminal records check by requiring a prospective employee to obtain one as a condition of employment. Also a credit history can reveal whether a person ( new staff) is experiencing or has experienced a financial problem. This can help expose a unusual financial need.How to develop honest behaviors to employees ? Employers must demonstrate to employees that loss prevention is important to them by setting an example. Employers can do this by developing a code of conduct for staff and encouraging communication. To implement proper procedures and policies and ensure compliance to encourage reporting of suspicious circumstances or persons to someone prepared to deal with it, to educate staff on recognition and response to employee theft.What is burnout? " Staff burnout is defined as a condition of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity" ( Maslach, Jackson & Leiter, 1996, p.4)How has close relationship between low staff morale and burnout? When economic downturn occurs, the staff size is being reduced, causing longer workdays, fewer opportunities to recharge and relax and greater responsibilities for remaining employees. Ultimately, these changes in the workplace dynamic could cause reductions in staff morale and an increase in burnout in a normally bright and happy workforce. Why does trends/issues of low staff moral and burnout cause? Why does staff burnout behave? Burnout behavior will cause employee attempts to do theft. Who is emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. Emotional exhaustion refers to the energy discharge of emotional resources, which is considered the keystone of staff burnout. Staff effects in work environment: higher rates of illness, lower staff moral, increased use of alcohol and drugs, lower creer satisfaction, high staff turnover, reduced quality of service and poor productivity, even more serious criminal internal theft behavior will occur in any workplace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B091VXXY8G
• ISBN13: 9798733508566
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"