How to keep out the enemy within
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This article examines the use of background investigations of job candidates to help minimize the risks of work-related crimes. Corporate security is being increasingly threatened by fraud, theft, and workplace violence and can be prevented by conducting thorough background investigations during the recruitment and hiring process.
Publication Name: Journal of Management in Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0742-597X
Year: 2000
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Are the Big Six firms looming in our future?
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Management consulting companies in the United Kingdom have recently begun competing with civil engineering firms in the environmental services sector. These large corporations have the resources to recruit and retain talented civil engineering graduates and respond to the dramatic increase in the environmental services market.
Publication Name: Journal of Management in Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0742-597X
Year: 2000
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Statements that sum up mission impossible
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This article examines the moral and social claims included in corporate mission statements. Mission statements that focus on moral content undermine the true capitalist purposes of modern corporations and divert productive energy from serving shareholders.
Publication Name: Journal of Management in Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0742-597X
Year: 2000
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