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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joefromspringfield who wrote (110670)	8/15/2011 5:05:39 PM
From: Paul V.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224890

joefromspringfield, Your suggestions are very good. However, the corporations establish how these types of situations are handled. Managers must stay within the parameters of the headquarters with very latitude to the managers given due to fear of the liability of being sued. Kenneth, our resident attorney would be the individual to give us the pros and cons on this issue. Message # 110670 from joefromspringfield at 8/15/2011 11:25:49 AM I would handle it on a case by case basis trying to get the best outcome for the company. In the incident with the woman you mentioned, I would have told her that she obviously forgot about the items in her purse and then took her to the register to pay for them. The incident would be documented in case she did it again. Prosecuting her takes too much time and effort and the end result from the court is probably probation at the most. There would be a threshold where the amount being stolen is a felony and prosecution is warranted. Let's say over $1,000. I would keep the names of people we have caught. If the woman you caught did it again, I would consider going to court and ask that she be provided counseling for kleptomania. Corporate guidelines need to be developed and the store manager should be responsible to resolve each case.