It’s funny business owners get so het up about shoplifting and general theft but are surprised when they discover that it happens to them by an employee. As it stands, the last report I read on this showed something like 47% of theft from business is by employees. Then of course there is the loss to the business through simple waste and lack of standard procedures that allow for more effective and efficient use of materials and man hours and productivity gains.

On the trust thing? Some things don’t fall into the trust camp. Good process is one of these and worthwhile because it is good business. Leaving practices that are good business up to trust instead, is just bad business. Which is actually just a sign of bad management.

Perhaps it is a case of heeding Ronald Regan … Trust but verify. 😉

Good points Lindy, it’s often forgotten the biggest risks to a business lie within the organisation; whether we’re talking about fraud, hackers or any other threat.

It all comes down to trust, and sometimes our trust is misplaced.