It is an unfortunate necessity today, for employers to run
background checks on all of their potential employees. The
precaution is worth more than solving the problem, as on
crooked employee can destroy a companies net gains, and
integrity in an already completive field. Though common
sense would dictate this a good idea, employers may think:
This isn't important enough. It would be hard for even a
criminal to do much real damage to something this small.
Thoughts like these are often only reappraised after much is
already lost. This saves them from further losses;
ill-afforded damage has already been done.
Picking out the specific employees at the heart of this
damage may seen difficult, running checks on certain
employees (both those newly hired and those who've been
around for a while) can potentially show you thinks that,
though unpleasant, may save the companies money and
reputation. This is a better scenario then an alternative of
negative speculation and finger pointing which will
eventually tear down the foundations of trust between
employees and management, causing significantly