Self-checking makes theft easier (WSJ, Feb. 2020).
- Who is more likely to self-check, an honest person or someone who is inclined to minor theft if the chance of detection is low?
- When is an honest person more likely to engage in minor theft: when a self-check machine goofs or when they are in front of a cashier?
- Do you think that stores accurately anticipated the additional shrinkage created by self-checking?
Mattel increased price for products produced at a plant when transferring one product at the plant increased the average fixed cost for the products that remained (WSJ, Jan. 2020).
