Not all cases of fraud can be solved;
Not every case of internal fraud becomes known outside the company;
not all participants in the fraudulent scheme have been identified;
information about such incidents does not reach regulatory and punitive authorities.
Internal fraud includes line database employee actions such as misappropriation of company assets, corruption, and false statements. The first is considered the most common form of fraud within a company. It includes illegal income received by employees after selling unaccounted goods, writing off quality products, and fraudulent use of cash and money transfers.
Internal corruption is a conspiracy between a company official and outsiders, as a result of which the employee, acting to the detriment of the enterprise, inflates prices, takes bribes, and receives certain material benefits from interested persons for creating especially favorable conditions for them to purchase products.
Commercial security risks from personnel
Statistics on internal fraud state that more than half of cases are committed by ordinary employees, a third of violations are committed by managers and just over 10% by company management.
Employees with families top the list: they are the ones who more often than single people allow themselves to act against the interests of the enterprise. Men are involved in internal fraud four times more often than women, and employees with higher education abuse their official opportunities more actively than those who only have a high school education. Therefore, business owners should be more attentive to male employees with a university degree who are burdened with a family.
The largest number of cases of internal fraud occurs among middle management. Violations among executives are recorded less frequently, but cost the company much more.
The greatest damage to an enterprise is caused by employees who have colluded with competitors or criminal structures. The activities of such a criminal group may be revealed after a long time, therefore it poses the greatest danger to the economic sustainability of the business.
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Theft
Unscrupulous team members are capable of stealing not only the company's property, but also the personal belongings of colleagues or clients. As a rule, such crimes are easily solved, including by the internal security service. The damage to the enterprise from the actions of thieves consists in destabilization of the situation, deterioration of the psychological climate, because instead of productive work, the staff is busy looking for this person. An atmosphere of general suspicion is established in the team, which negatively affects the efficiency of work.
Let's talk separately about employees who don't consider it shameful to steal from their own company. Snatchers steal everything that can be of value: from writing paper and pens from the office to expensive parts from production. The damage from their actions can be significant, it all depends on the specifics of the industry in which the company operates.
Another area of personnel activity that damages the company's well-being is the use of the company's assets for their own purposes. Many see nothing wrong with going on a weekend trip in a company car to visit relatives hundreds of kilometers away or printing out their son's thesis on an office printer. Naturally, this is done without the approval of management and without compensation for the resources spent. It would seem like a trifle, but on a business scale, such innocent actions by employees can result in thousands of dollars in damage.