Ethics education in the workplace: An effective tool to combat employee theft

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-100

  Gross Schaefer, Arthur ^a   Trigilio, Jeff ^a   Negus, Jamie ^a   Ro, Ceng Si ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034215684     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006038310865     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. 1 Bureau of National Affairs: April 20, 1992, 'DOD Provide Many Opportunities for Employees to Steel, GAO Find', Government Employee Relations Report 30(1461), 568.
2. 2 Neil Snyder and Karen Blair: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 28.
3. 3 Ibid.
4. 4 'How Honest are Americans?', USA Today, December 1994, p. 6.
5. 5 Ibid.
6. 6 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 84.
7. 7 Snyder, Neil and Karen E. Blair: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 30.
8. 8 Snyder, Neil and Karen E. Blair: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 30.
9. 9 Snyder, Neil and Karen E. Blair: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 30.
10. 10 Buss, Dale: April 1993, 'Ways to Curtail Employee Theft', Nations Business, p. 37.
11. 11 Ibid.
12. 12 Brenardin, H. John and Donna K. Cooke: 1993, 'Validity of an Honesty Test in Predicting Thefts Among Convenience Store Employees', Academy of Management Journal 36(5), 1097.
13. 13 Snyder, Neil and Karen E. Balir: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 30.
14. 14 Buss, Dale: April 1993, 'Ways to Curtail Employee Theft', Nations Business, p. 38.
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18. 18 Dumaine, Brian: 25 April 1988, 'Beating Bolder Corporate Crooks', Fortune, p. 198.
19. 19 Dumaine, Brian: 25 April 1988, 'Beating Bolder Corporate Crooks', Fortune, p. 198.
20. 20 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 84.
21. 21 Dumaine, Brian: 25 April 1988, 'Beating Bolder Corporate Crooks', Fortune, p. 198.
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23. 23 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 85.
24. 24 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 85.
25. 25 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 85.
26. 26 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 85.
27. 27 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 85.
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39. 39 Snyder, Neil and Karen E. Blair: May-June 1989, 'Dealing with Employee Theft', Business Horizons, p. 31.
40. 40 Greengard, Samuel: April 1993, 'Theft Control Starts with HR Strategies', Personnel Journal, p. 84.
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48. 47 Ibid.
49. 48 Buss, Dale: April 1993, 'Ways to Curtail Employee Theft', Nations Business, p. 38.
50. 49 Prevention of Corporate Liability, Current Report 2(10), 12, 11 (Nov. 21, 1994) Copyright 'Comprehensive survey confirms pluses of having business ethics program, points to risks of doing without', Copyright 1994 by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
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53. 52 Appellate, Jane, 'Shocking Tale of Employee Theft', Los Angeles Times 27 September 1993, pt: d p. 1.
54. 53 Ethics resource Center, Employee Survey on Ethics in American Business: Policies Programs and Perceptions, Nov. 1994.
55. 54 Ibid.
56. Based on Dickens, Martin Chuzzewit, ch. 51 and John Ray, English Proverbs, Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations, p. 456
57. Based on Dickens, Martin Chuzzewit, ch. 51 and John Ray, English Proverbs, Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations, p. 456
58. Based on Dickens, Martin Chuzzewit, ch. 51 and John Ray, English Proverbs, Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations, p. 456
59. 56 Merriam, Dwight H.: 1977, 'Employee Thefts: Criminal Justice', Abstract 9, p. 380.