A Three Oaks woman writes herself checks from a Santa's Workshop program...a Baroda man skims hundreds of thousands from the construction company where he works...and a South County village clerk siphons money from the municipal coffers -- those are just a few examples of the notable embezzlement cases to pop up in recent months in Berrien County. Andrews University Assistant Professor of Psychology Dana Kendall says that in an economy like this, people are tempted and will make all sorts of excuses for themselves:
She says that a sense of entitlement will also cause an employee to steal. Sometimes, they'll tell themselves that they're only taking what they should have been paid in the first place. Employers can try to head off the risk of such an attitude among their workers by making sure that their contributions are recognized.
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