Employee Theft Quiz #1*

Is It Stealing?

1. “Borrowing” money from the cash register at work? (Y/N)

2. Running personal errands on company time? (Y/N)

3. Making long distance phone calls at work against company rules? (Y/N)

4. Using or bringing home office supplies for personal use? (Y/N)

5. Allowing a friend or family member to get an unauthorized discount? (Y/N)

6. Fudging your time card by a few minutes? (Y/N)

7. Padding an expense account for items bought for personal use? (Y/N)

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Employee Theft Quiz #2*

Test Your Knowledge!

1. How much money is estimated lost by stores each year due to employee theft?

2. How much money is estimated lost by all companies each year due to employee theft?

3. What percentage of each dollar earned by companies is lost to employee theft?

4. On average, how long does it take an employer to catch an employee who is stealing?

5. What percentage of employee theft is committed by managers/supervisors?

6. Why do employees steal from work?

7. What percentage of employees say their companies could do more to reduce fraud or employee theft in their workplaces?

8. What percentage of companies has staff trained to deal with fraud/employee theft and ethical issues?

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Quiz #1 Answers:

If you say no to any of the above ... you can tell it to your boss, but you may have to tell it to the judge!

The answer to all of these questions are yes!

Quiz #2 Answers:

1. 25 billion
2. 100s of Billions
3. 20%
4. 18 months
5. 55%
6. Anger, entitlement, “everybody’s doing it”, “it’s not really stealing”
7. 44%
8. 60%