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Originally Posted by Marcellus
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.
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There's a difference between what a company wants and what's criminal liability. Silence alone does not make MTG an accomplice, which is what was being said.
Now, if I believed that this was a real story, I'd point out to MTG that he was an idiot for posting this on a message board, since that can be traced to him. At this point, were this a real situation, I'd advise of him 2 things:
1.) Turn the co-worker in, as you've gone too far not to. You'll have to hope the owner doesn't can your ass for waiting so long, but that's the corner you've painted yourself in.
2.) Keep your damn mouth shut in the future.