Your firm's lunchroom has been a congenial gathering place for employees while they are taking their lunch breaks, but lately, lunches that employees have brought from home and put into the refrigerator in the morning have disappeared by lunch time. This has happened several times, and the employees have now started to accuse one another of stealing lunches. Morale has fallen, and you must do something. Of the following, which is your best option?

Question

Your firm's lunchroom has been a congenial gathering place for employees while they are taking their lunch breaks, but lately, lunches that employees have brought from home and put into the refrigerator in the morning have disappeared by lunch time.  This has happened several times, and the employees have now started to accuse one another of stealing lunches.  Morale has fallen, and you must do something.  Of the following, which is your best option? ​

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Installing a video camera and focusing it on the refrigerator is the most effective and least invasive option to identify the person responsible for stealing lunches without violating employees' privacy or trust to an excessive degree. Polygraph tests are invasive and could further damage morale, while prohibiting the use of the refrigerator punishes all employees for the actions of one or a few.

Your Firm's Lunchroom Has Been a Congenial Gathering Place for Employees