They valued the payoff of risking getting caught more than they valued the punishment of getting caught. She has already established that the punishment was only that they lost a job that didn’t pay enough to fear losing it.
All employment is, is a contract for one to provide labor in exchange for a tender that allows them to get what they desire. It is a measure of character for an employee tomfulfill their side of themcontract. Unfortunately, with the environment of employers being seen as evil rich people taking advantage of the good employee, it is easy for immoral workers to justify with a clear conscience, the failure to fulfill their contract.
Go to youtube and watch the Friedman series of videos. You will learn a lot from a master of economics. His story of the making of a pencil is awesome.
Yes, I guess, if you go to the extreme side of the equation...
Suppose I am paying you $10 hour
and you think you can supplement that by stealing another $10/hour, effectively taking home $20/hour...
Her point to me was that if she paid you $20/hour, that you would still steal $10/hour,
and her effective cost would then be $30/hour instead of the original $10+$10.
Now, I suppose, what you are saying is that if she paid even more $/hour,
that eventually you arrive at a point where the value of the job exceeds the value of stealing.
Where is that point? ... $20/hour...$30/hour?...$100K/year?
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Some of her ex-employed workers fared better than others...
most just lost their jobs, but a few went to jail.
Especially the one that stole $20,000 worth of lottery tickets!
The State of Georgia came after her ass, and she was also a relative of the family.