While you may work hard to hire the best employees out there, some staffs have a nasty habit known as committing scam against their employers. Scam actually accounts for up to 7% of lost income for business. Scam is more than taking a pen or a notepad; it often includes giving away free products to friends and stealing money from the company. Preventing scam is one of the most important things an employer can do in order to stop losing money and weeding out the bad staff. Here are some simple tips to follow that will help you manage your staff accurately to stop fraud:
Check-up: One of the most important things you can do to stop fraud is to check-up on your staff work. If you don’t want to personally check-up on each person, you can always have your staff check-up on each other. When you only have one person over something important like your bank accounts, the temptation to start stealing money from those accounts is pretty easy. When you train staff to assume multiple roles, it helps to keep other staff accountable so they don’t try to steal from your business.
Honesty: It is required a steward should be found faithful in all things and ways. A great way to stop fraud is to make sure your staffs see that you are an honest person. Showing your staffs that you are an upright person will help them learn that they should not be deceitful in their dealings with the company.
Investigate behavior: If you suspect one of your staffs of scam, investigate them. Each time you notice any type of suspicious behavior with any worker, you should always do a quiet investigation or you should hire an external investigator to come in and check-up on the worker. Having routine investigations done on your staffs will help them stay honest and they will know they cannot get away with scam because they will be caught.
Manage fairly: As a manager, you have a large responsibility to your staffs. The way you manage them will determine how they will act as staffs. If you aren’t being fair or you are favoring staffs, it can be easy for people to become discontented and deceitful. Some things you can do to show fairness include providing your staffs with good benefits, adequate compensation, appreciation of hard work, and a team-building environment will all help staffs avoid committing scam. People want to work for a company and a manager that recognizes their hard work and wants them to be successful. Providing them with feedback about their job performance will help them learn how to become better employees and it will go a long way in your desire to be a fair manager.
Proper screening: One of the easiest ways to avoid scam is to make sure you have a thorough screening process for each applicant before you hire them. If they have left other companies, find out why they left, did they get fired for scam? You want to do a thorough investigation of the person so you know who you are really hiring before you just offer them the position. Not only is it important for companies to pay attention to their staffs; they also need to pay attention to their contractors and suppliers. If you aren't checking your stock often, you could be losing thousands of dollars a year because the suppliers are shorting you. Always look over every shipment before you sign the checklist so you know that you are truly getting your money's worth. Unfortunately deceitfulness does exist and employers cannot be too careful when they are dealing with outsiders.
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