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Originally Posted by ApK
Do you really believe in the sort of blind, unthinking absolutism you just spouted?
You can use extreme fringe cases to illustrate a point, but to suggest all cases ACTUALLY are the same, is silly.
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I'm sure your rationalizations make you feel more comfortable.
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That would be as dumb as equating an extra ten minutes at lunch with stealing from the cash drawer.
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Three times a week... say a total of just 30 minutes... perhaps $10.00 worth a week times 50 weeks... $500.00 a year... Yep, I'd equate that with stealing from the cash drawer if I were the one losing that from HOW MANY employees? Just imagine a company with 5,000 employees... If only 20 out of the 5,000 were doing it, it adds up to a loss of $10,000.00 a year. Even pencils added up to a lot of money lost by large companies. But people rationalize it by saying "gosh, I only took a pencil. That's not stealing, is it?" As I said, I'm sure their rationalizations make them feel more comfortable.
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Originally Posted by theducks
Stitchawl
How do you know the ream of paper was not being (mostly) used for a work project?
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Because, as I said in my post, I know the fellow who was doing it. He does NO work at home for his company. But to him, taking a ream of paper from the supply room, when he sees 20-30 boxes, each filled with a dozen reams, is justified by saying 'gosh, it was only a ream of paper. It's not as if I really stole anything!' I'm sure his rationalizations make him feel more comfortable.
We've all done it, at one time or another, and never thought of it as 'stealing.' Over-changed at the check-out counter, taking home supplies from work, taking a wee bit of extra company time for personal use... That's why when giving polygraph tests for job interviews, the examiner asks 'have you ever
"knowingly" stolen from an employer."
Theft is theft. It's up to the individual to acknowledge it or not.
Stitchawl