Get Your Hands Outta My Pocket

In Canada and the USA, there are strict rules and laws regarding right to privacy and the use of video cameras, or surreptitiously recording of personal conversations. This podcast takes a brief look at those regulations as they pertain to use of surveillance equipment in the workplace.

Few employee thefts and frauds are detected. Even fewer are prosecuted, and of those miniscule percent, even fewer make the news. Yet, every week, we see more and more cases of employee dishonesty making the news, involving progressively larger amounts. In part, lack of controls are to blame. In part, technology is to blame, as well. But in almost all cases, these incidents could have been prevented, or thwarted early.

There is more to deling with theft and fraud than dealing with objective decisions as to whether to seek charges and how to obtain restitution. Each apprehension offers another moral challenge for you to face, some of them more compelling than others and many that challenge your own sense of moraility.

This the first of 3 podcats on the topic of theft and fraud in the office. We look at the most common risk factors for office theft and how you should respond.

There are myriad security systems that claim to solve your theft and fraud problems. But how effective are these devices and how can you make them work for you more effectively?