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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By
No, it doesn't. An accomplice is someone who knowingly and actively aids a criminal. Mere inaction does not make one an accomplice.
Hell, feel free to ask the cops on this board about that. There are very few instances in the criminal code where there is a duty to act.
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Let me help you out here.
We aren't talking about trying to get a conviction on the employee who had knowledge.
If I have an employee who knows someone has been stealing from the company and ignores it, yea I can fire them too for lack of reporting it.
You are obligated as an employee to report anything that you know is a detriment to the company. At least at any company thats worth a shit.
The cost of the theft to the company could determine the course of action for the employee that was aware, but there would be accountability depending on severity including possible termination.
Would the knowledgeable employee be criminally responsible? No.
And the person stealing is guilty of a crime. In fact you dont have to steal to be criminally responsible. We have pressed charges against employees for purposefully damaging equipment but dropped charges when they agreed to pay for the damage, which also cost them their job.
Almost every time someone gets busted for this type of behavior its because a responsible employee reports it.
Furthermore our companies insurance company pays a $1000 reward to anyone reporting a person who ends up convicted of a crime. This has happened in the past but only once in 13 years.