Now why would an employee have to take a 4 hour theft class? Have you ever stolen something from your employer? This could be a towel if you worked in housekeeping for Hilton, or a pencil from Microsoft or IBM. Whether you worked for a huge Fortune 500 company or a small mom-and-pop restaurant in the sticks, the odds are you have taken something that did not belong to you.
Are You Guilty?
Of course there are varying degrees of theft. But remember - all theft is wrong! Is it worse to siphon $100,000 from corporate counts than to not return a pen that wound up in your shirt pocket? Of course there is! But both are morally wrong. Theft has to do with intent. If the shirt accidentally ended up in your pocket, it was a mistake. However, if you really wanted that pen and found it convenient to take, it is an offense. Look at the thinking process!
Retail Theft
As a recovering shoplifter, in other words as a former person who stole compulsively to fill a need, I can attest that store employees steal in a variety of ways. Today, it is actually considered theft if an employee spends time texting, tweeting or facebooking on paid company time. Back in my thieving days, we either stole the product ourselves or abetted our friends to pilfer the goods.
Either way - remember that we all pay for theft. All theft is bad. Even if you only went home with a company pen - take it back. Pens are cheap. Buy your own. Don't steal!
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