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 more harm.