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Bryan worked for KoJO and Co as a Warehouse Supervisor. His main duties were to supervise the delivery of goods (primarily raw materials for the manufacturing operations) into the warehouse and to deliver the goods, as requested, to the manufacturing lines. He was also responsible for the accurate recording of all items in the warehouse. He had a team of two warehouse operatives reporting to him. KoJO and Co made a range of parts for the motor industry. They employed 1000 people on an old manufacturing site in Cyprus. The site was in a rough area, so there was 24-hour security.

There had been complaints that the security staff (security is sub-contracted to a local security firm) were not vigilant, and there had been a number of thefts from the site over recent months. One Saturday morning in December the manufacturing part of the business was working overtime. Bryan and his team were also on-site, providing raw materials to the manufacturing lines as usual. At 10.30 am three men drew up to the site in an old van and did not stop when the Security Officer waved at them to pull over. The van went straight down to the warehouse. The three men got out of the van and approached Bryan asking him if he was responsible for the scrap metal. Bryan was responsible for it – scrap metal was stored in the warehouse until it was assessed, weighed, and bought by a local dealer. Some of the scrap metal was sold for large sums of money. Bryan agreed that he was responsible for the scrap metal and the three men gestured to a skip full of scrap stainless steel and said that they wanted to buy it for $200. Bryan did not know how much the scrap stainless steel was worth but knew that he did not have the authority to sell it. What happened next is unclear – but it is a fact that the three men loaded up the stainless steel onto their van and drove off.

The Security Officer arrived at the warehouse just in time to see the van driving off. He asked Bryan what had happened – and Bryan recounted the story. Whilst telling the Security Officer, Bryan pointed at the skip of scrap stainless steel and the Security Officer realized that it was empty. The Security Officer immediately decided to search Bryan – and found $200 in cash in the top pocket of his overalls. Bryan become upset and claimed that he knew nothing about the $200. He said that the three men had become aggressive with him when he refused to sell them the scrap – and they did ‘brush by him’. He said that they must have put the $200 in his pocket without him knowing it. The Security Officer was unclear about what to do because no management was on site. He contacted the Manufacturing Supervisor for advice who, in turn, phoned you.

The Security Officer and the two Warehouse Operatives had actually seen very little of the incident and knew nothing that really helped to explain what had happened. There is a CCTV footage which, unfortunately, did not show the actual meeting between Bryan and the three men. The Manufacturing Manager has informed you that the scrap that had been in the skip was actually worth about $1000. Bryan was still unable to explain how he had ended up with $200 in his pocket, and he could not explain how the three men were able to load the scrap metal onto their van without him noticing. He just keeps protesting his innocence. Bryan had worked for KOJO and Co for 32 years. He was the treasurer of the organization’s cooperative club. He was well respected and liked by everyone – management, peers, and subordinates. He had a clean disciplinary record. The organization had always operated a ‘no tolerance policy towards any theft. As the People and Admin Officer, how would you handle this case?