Stopping Employee Theft

             The conclusion reached by the directors of security and safety consulting service recommending the use of identification badges to stop employee theft is not conclusive, persuasive, and effective. The premise that identification (I.D.) badges prevent theft because ten companies requiring their employees to wear I.D. badges did not report any thefts is flawed. It leaves itself to attack because there is insufficient data provided, therefore, causing the reader to assume plenty.
             The directors fail to address certain key issues. Are they assuming that "no incidents of employee theft have been reported" translates to no employee thefts occurring. There are instances of thefts that go without record all the time because a majority of employee theft goes undetected by management and a majority of honest employees look the other way regarding employee theft and fail to report it due to the "anti-snitch" attitude. Some employers might not find it worthy to report missing items less than a certain value. When a huge corporation has a huge inventory, it is difficult to track all the items that come in and out. For instance, companies will often stock items such as pens, staplers, tapes, other stationery, etc..., and I have known of instances where employees take these items away from company premises. Although many employees think small theft is "acceptable," and as minor as an infraction as it may seem, it still constitutes theft. Certainly, the use of id badges will not hinder these actions in all cases.
             Secondly, the scope of this investigation seems to be encircled around these ten companies only. The conclusion drawn should follow this line of reasoning: all Porsches are fast cars, but not all fast cars are Porsches. The conclusion provided seems to follow the opposite principle. We need to know what the total number of companies that are involved in this study. There could be other companies i...

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