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  alternatives(), 25 Sep 2001 @ 5:53am

  
  

  company theft

  As opposed to the CEO who does the same, or takes that 'golden parachute'?
  
  The trade rag for the loss prevention idustry ran a story that claimed 5% of your staff will steal no matter what, and 11% will steal if "they think they can get away with it".
  
  Yet, most of the thiefs have the answer 'they owe me'. And, when the CEO still walks out with $$$ and 'that laptop that has no book value', what are the digital surfs expected to do?

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    Mike (profile), 25 Sep 2001 @ 9:13am

    
    

    Re: company theft

    Hey, Techdirt has always pointed out the stupidity of CEOs and their severance packages. Trust me, I'm sympathetic to employees stealing laptops. I know plenty of people who did that when their dot com shut down and I have no problem with it.
    
    However, the big difference is that the severance package, while idiotic, is legal. Stealing stuff is not.

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      Anonymous Coward, 25 Sep 2001 @ 9:24am

      
      

      also on /.

      This story is also on slashdot today, where the discussion can be summarized as
      
      A. "companies screw employees all the time"
      B. "but that doesn't make stealing right"
      
      But one informative comment points out that the six-figure thefts that get a lot of coverage in the article are just that -- major thefts that just happen to have been committed by ex employees, and the companies affected (Motorola for one) aren't exactly dot-coms. It's still wrong, but there's a big difference between forgetting to return a laptop and breaking into a warehouse and stealing $100K of stuff.

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