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Biting the Hand That Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic--New Perspectives, New Solutions

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Whenever I select a non-fiction book to read, I always want to ensure that the author has the credentials that strengthen his/her creditability. Terry Shulman certainly scores high within this area. He is an attorney, therapist, consultant, and a person in recovery since 1990 from addictive-compulsive theft.

Having investigated and closely analyzed all sorts of crimes against businesses and literally interviewed hundreds of dishonest individuals for over four decades, I have learned much about business crime. To further my knowledge, I like to read as many business crime books as possible in an effort to learn from a variety of experts within related fields. This interesting book brings forth and offers for your consideration--a manifesto of unique proactive anti-theft strategies that are rarely practiced within the loss prevention arena.

Curtailing dishonesty is one of the most critical challenges facing our society today. The author helps to meet this challenge by delving into the psychological and behavioral aspects as to what motivates people steal. Furthermore, Mr. Shulman convincingly makes his case by combining personal experiences with those of others as he offers progressive strategies to minimizing and treating employee theft, and even includes exercises for recovering theft addicts.
Biting The Hand That Feeds is a must-read not only for business leaders, therapists, loss prevention professionals, court and law enforcement officers, but for any authority who deals with internal theft. It is also a worthy read for those involved or on the brink of committing an act of theft. This book can change lives and should benefit all who read it.

This book saved my life! When I read this book, I was able to identify cylces in my life to lend to theft, and I was able to stop. My employer has also read this book and now we are able to have open ended discussions regarding over working and being asked for too much, so that I can see ahead of time, when in the past I would have retaliated against the work place.

This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in understanding the "why" in how employee theft occurs. It doesn't excuse theft, but helps the reader understand the addictive process that occurs in the average person that leads to employee theft. This book would be especially helpful for the therapist working with clients who have been in the legal system due to employee theft or have theft addictions. It would also be beneficial to attorneys, judges, probation officials and loss prevention departments who sometimes have less than an "open mind" when dealing with theft. Hopefully this book can help them see the human side to the issue.

Excellent! I contacted Mr Shulman with my issue of theft. I read his book and it changed my life! I was able to realize that I was not alone and I could change! I now live responsibly and created success for myself.



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I recently saw the author on The Early Show and was very impressed with the balance he struck between holding people accountable for employee theft while acknowledging that all kinds of people steal from work for different reasons. As an employer who has been stolen from many times, I have often been bewildered by how some of my best employees could "bite the hand that feeds." After reading this book--which has stories from those who have stolen as well as business owners like me--I have much more insight into this problem and what to do about it. This is an important book and one of the more in-depth and progressive-minded on this topic. I recommend it for fellow business owners who have their heads in the sand about how prevalent this problem is and what you need to know to survive. I truly hope, as the author states in this book, that many people can be helped who have found themselves in the destructive pattern of employee theft. Thank you for an interesting and provocative read.

too general in content. much of this information is copied from articles posted elsewhere and it just doens't seem like it is comprehensive or insightful. it doesn't give enough --- leaves you wanting alot more information and leaves you with alot of unanswered questions. author gives statistics and examples but no real ideas for solving this problem.

Finally, someone isn't just "talking" about the problem, but "solving" it! Dr. Shulman shows us again (in his second book) that he is the authority on employee theft and shoplifting. Considering the huge financial losses companies experience due to employee theft, it only makes sense that this book would be the best investment they could possibly make. Also, a MUST READ for anyone who works in crime prevention, probation, security and loss prevention.

I was researching for books on employee theft from a humanistic first person perspective and this was the only book on the topic that addressed this. Without making excuses for why people steal from work, this author included many personal stories of those who did steal from work and how they got into that, what the consequences were, and how they stopped. I found it very interesting and think most people could relate to the mindsets of why people do it. I also enjoyed reading the perspectives of loss prevention and company owners. I think the author is on to something here and hope others read this book because we sure could use a different angle on why there is so much stealing in the world.

Whether you "borrow" or steal from work, or have employees. Theft from work IS happening. Whether time, resources, or property a lot of people feel entitled to do it. This book has tools and insight on both sides. Even if you don't wear the "loss prevention" hat. Employees and managers are involved and have vested interests in employee theft. So much money is lost due to "shrinkage" - invest in your company and buy the book.