Is Stealing from a corporation bad/wrong?

Question

I mean, That is why, lets say Walmart, pays for insurance to cover them for these types of things. I belive that stealing from people is wrong/bad because they worked hard for it, but if we dont steal from corporations, then we are paying insurance for no reasona and the insurance companies are making tons of money... Also, it doesnt hurt anyone if you did, so does it still make it wrong?

Answer 1

self-righteous tautologies...

It's wrong because it's wrong!

I'll tell you one thing, I knew an actual guy who worked on an actual loading dock for Walmart; his job was to literally throw returned merchandise into the rig, in order to make the goods broken. Walmart is rolling in it, it costs them pennies to produce their products.. they're better off throwing everything that comes to the return window off a cliff than checking to see whether it works or not.

That anecdote aside, it's completely moral to rob corporations because all they ever do is exploit swaths of people for their own petty, materialistic gain. It's immoral to pay them at all, you just substantiate their existence. I rob as much as I can get away with.. which certainly isn't much.

Answer 2

Who says it doesn't hurt anyone? It hurts the investors, among whom you will find little old ladies, pension funds, parents' college funds. Of course the reality is that people do steal, so insurance is justified as a practical matter. But if nobody stole there would be no reason to pay for insurance, so the insurance companies would go out of business rather than make tons of money. (But don't feel too bad for the insurance companies: their people, capital, resources would all find their way to producers of more useful goods and services).

Answer 3

When theft occurs from larger organisations someone has to pay for it and it is always the customer. Each time a shop lifter steals they are increasing the prices for other consumers, so today that pair of pjamas might be $10 - but in 2 weeks time the price could rise to $15.

At the end of the day someone has to pay for the loss. Stealing is wrong wherever it happens.

Answer 4

Robin Hood?

When you can find a reason to break the rules and go against what your parents have taught you, you are merely making excuses to do a bad thing. It is called rationalizing bad behavior. In the end you may get caught, your reasoning will not likely convince a judge that you have a right to go unpunished. Often times your conscience is that little voice that tells you someone might be watching you. Or in Walmart's case, have you on video.

Good luck to you. If you do steal and do get caught, it is not the end of the world, it will be the end of your job though.

Answer 5

Stealing is stealing. You'e responsible to God--no one else. It has to stop somewhere. Let it be with each one of us. Be an example.

If we all stop stealing, we'll put the insurance companies out of business and that money can go into our own pockets.. I like that idea, better.

What goes around, comes around. If you steal from Wal-Mart, someone else is going to steal from you. There IS a Great Balancer (Accountant) in the Sky.

Answer 6

If you take something that isn't yours it is wrong.

And insurance wouldn't cost so much if they weren't having to reimburse businesses for the merchandise that has been stolen. We would all have better insurance rates and prices on the things we buy. Theft doesn't hurt the big companies as much as it does the smaller consumers.

Answer 7

Yes, it is wrong, and even if you believe it's a loss leader and that the small things don't matter and that's why the companies keep the small things so acessible to the shoplifters, it's still wrong and it adds up, thereby increasing the cost of everything.

Answer 8

The value of something is dependent upon and determined by not what it appears to be but what is actually done to obtain it. Value survives or perishes based on whether it is earned or taken from those who created it without reciprocal payment in return. No degree or amount of rationalization can circumvent the law of causality.

Answer 9

When you steal from a company we all pay the price. Stealing is stealing, it's wrong.

Answer 10

final I checked I have been given paid for working. hence this actual business business enterprise did no longer scouse borrow my hard artwork. in case you're no longer getting paid the place you artwork there are government companies to help because it rather is a criminal offense to no longer pay you.