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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Work-place theft

Work-place theft

  • Theft in offices
  • Employee theft

Incidence

In the UK in 1989 it was estimated that some £830 million of goods was stolen by employees.

The footware company Nike reportedly manufactures left shoes in one country and right in another to avoid black market sales by personnel.

Broader

Theft
Excellent
Cybercrime
Excellent
Unethical practices by employees
Presentable

Narrower

Clandestine private utilization of public goods and services
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Shoplifting
Presentable
Theft of services
Unpresentable
Theft of data
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Open plan offices
Presentable
Drug abuse at work
Presentable
Classified public information
Yet to rate

Related

Business hold-ups
Unpresentable

Value

Work
Yet to rate
Theft
Yet to rate
Overwork
Yet to rate

Reference

Barefoot, J K: Employee Theft Investigation
Mars, Gerald: Cheats at Work: an anthology of workplace crime

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Social activity » Employees
  • Social activity » Employment conditions » Employment conditions
  • Societal problems » Crime
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E1106
    DOCID
    11511060
    D7NID
    136408
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020