Criminal Background Checks Becoming Standard Practice in the Business World

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Criminal background checks are becoming standard operating procedure in the business world in the wake of corporate scandals, the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the growing number of lawsuits, managers say.

This has added costs to enterprises adopting the practice while boosting profits of investigators. But with the mantra of better safe than sorry blaring through corporate boardrooms, many managers wouldn't have it any other way.

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Criminal Background Checks Becoming Standard Practice in the Business World

Companies must protect themselves from litigation, said Mary Kraft, president of Mary Kraft & Associates Inc., a Lutherville- based office administrative staffing company. It also has a lot to do with protecting clients and existin...

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