Orange Walk Robbery

In the beginning of April it was reported that there was a bank robbery in Orange Walk Town where the Heritage Bank was targeted. It also was reported that two dark-skinned men walked into the bank pretending to be customers. One of them asked to speak to the loans officer, while the other handcuffed the unarmed security guard and put a gun to his head. The man wanting a loan was taken to the manager's office, but instead of asking about a loan, he held her at gunpoint and demanded the key to the bank's vault. He forced the manager to open the bank's vault. The guard and the bank supervisor were handcuffed and ordered to lie on the floor. They escaped with two hundred and two thousand dollars, and coolly walked out of the bank. The robbery was caught on camera and the men did not use masks. This robbery is believed to have been an inside job, and a senior staffer who was on duty when the robbery took place was arrested.

Employees can be a company’s greatest asset and unfortunately their worst enemy. The integrity and trustworthy-ness of employees seems to constantly be an issue within our society, as well as within the workplace today. It is very difficult to find employees who follow a very strict moral code whose goal is to do their job to the best of their ability without any underlying motives. It is very apparent that in this case, the female employee detained for orchestrating the robbery, had become side-tracked and overpowered by her greed and her desire for wealth. I believe that we all each of us have different ethical values and this can be shown in the things we do. I believe that dishonesty and lack of integrity are major issues faced by those in the labour force. Business owners have a hard time with these issues arising within the workplace.

I recommend that employers strongly enforce penalties for employees who violate the rules and terms of their employment. Employers need to better strategize their methods of choosing employees. No form of dishonesty should be tolerated within a workplace as this creates space for more such issues. Employers need to make it known that dishonesty will be quickly detected and severely punished.