Many of the workplace violations are nonviolent crimes, such as fraud, property crimes, or drug- or alcohol-related infractions. People rarely think about their conduct at work as being potentially illegal, or that jail time could result from poor workplace decisions.

Organizations are fined, and executives are sentenced to jail, when business laws are broken. Regardless of the level of violence or the employee’s motivation for committing the crime, breaking the law can lead to negative consequences for the business, its employees, and its customers

workplace violations — nonviolent crimes, such as fraud, property crimes, or drug- or alcohol-related infractions.

Be able to analyze sources of criminal exposure in business.