Originally Posted by
Mr H
Indeed - William Collins, the former Chief Dental Officer in Northern Ireland was sacked and jailed for claiming the same expenses from the Government and from the Dental Council. Either body would have been happy to pay the expenses, but it was not OK for them both to pay the same expenses, leaving Mr Collins to pocket the difference:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12818053.html
I presume Mr Collins thought the amounts were small, the net effect to his employer was negligible and that he was too important to be called to account.
Double dipping is clearly illegal and unethical. We call it unjust enrichment,
and it is fraud.
But the moment we take a personal phone call on a company phone, use
a company pencil to write a note to ourself on a company Post-It Note,
use company lighting to read a personal magazine, haven't we stolen from the company?