Sticky Fingers.

Employees not only steal, they out-steal shoplifters. So say studies from Michael G. Kessler & Associates, an international investigative and forensic accounting firm. The collective price tag, which includes falsifying expense reports and time sheets, pilfering office supplies and taking inventory, is over $120 billion annually. Motivation includes greed (49 percent), vindictiveness (43 percent) and need (8 percent).

Furthermore, 92 percent of employees say they'd lie on a job application that...