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According to a recent article from Forbes, retail operations in the United States are experiencing over $60 billion a year in losses primarily due to employee theft. Imagine you have been hired as a loss prevention specialist for a large retail chain and your first assignment is to identify and address the current problems with inventory shrinkage. Select and discuss one of the following internal controls below you would implement to help prevent future employee fraud/theft? Be sure to provide your rationale.

• Option A: More stringent background screenings for new hires (i.e. reference checks, criminal record checks, credit record checks)
• Option B: Tighter security controls (i.e. video surveillance, random inventory/cash audits, computer system audits, segregation of duties)

 

For your final written assignment, please select any one of the following industries:

• Supermarket
• Dry Cleaners
• Cargo Shipping

For the selected industry, please provide comprehensive responses to the following items:

(a) How will the industry change in the next five years? What will be different?

(b) How will emerging technologies impact these industries? Please provide clear examples.

(c) What changes will these industries have to make regarding the workforce needed to accommodate the new technologies?

(d) Provide conclusion and references.

Requirement: 

(a) Please include a title page, introduction, and conclusion.

(b) Ensure that at least Three (3) reputable references are used, and make sure to cite them.

(c) The submission should be between 1,000-and-1,250-words.