Make your employees feel that they've got a stake in your business. But embezzlement and pilferage can get bigger. Or they may overcharge customers and pocket the difference or undercharge other employees and friends. Embezzlement can go from simple overloading of expense accounts to payments made to non- existent companies. Stock shortages increase in frequency or size.
Employees refuse vacations or promotions.
Business patterns change when a certain employee is absent. Customers complain about errors in monthly statements. Employees seem sensitive to routine questions about procedures. A cashier in a grocery store accidentally damages boxes and cans so she can buy them at reduced prices. A maintenance worker stashes calculators and typewriters in trash bins.