Post by Teddy Bear on Apr 10, 2013 16:56:18 GMT
According to figures from the last 3 years, one in every 25 full time staff at the BBC loses or has stolen a laptop, tablet, or mobile phone, at a cost to the licence fee payer of £760,000.
I find it very suspicious, especially considering the statistics: In 2010 only 69 were reported stolen, but last year the figure had almost trebled to 195. Since crime has not trebled in that time, it's not too far fetched to think that perhaps the staff are seeing that one can easily get away with claiming it was stolen or lost.
I also wonder why the BBC need to pay £1500 for a laptop when a very good one can be purchased for under £500. With the bargaining power the BBC would have for buying in bulk, no doubt it could be less than that.
I would love to sneak a look in any of the BBC staff households who claimed to have had one stolen. Just judging by the mindset and lack of ethics they display on a continual basis, what's a bit of theft to add to it?
I find it very suspicious, especially considering the statistics: In 2010 only 69 were reported stolen, but last year the figure had almost trebled to 195. Since crime has not trebled in that time, it's not too far fetched to think that perhaps the staff are seeing that one can easily get away with claiming it was stolen or lost.
I also wonder why the BBC need to pay £1500 for a laptop when a very good one can be purchased for under £500. With the bargaining power the BBC would have for buying in bulk, no doubt it could be less than that.
I would love to sneak a look in any of the BBC staff households who claimed to have had one stolen. Just judging by the mindset and lack of ethics they display on a continual basis, what's a bit of theft to add to it?
BBC laptop thefts treble
Laptops, tablets and mobiles worth as much as £760,000 have been lost or stolen from the BBC in the last three years alone, official figures show.
By Christopher Williams
A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that 399 laptops costing licence fee payers £1,500 each, have been lost or stolen since 2010.
A further 39 tablet computers, also costing £1,500 each under a lease contract, went missing. Each lost laptop and tablet cost almost the equivalent of 10 households’ television licences.
Some 347 mobile phones, costing between £100 and £300 each were also lost or stolen, according to the figures from the BBC’s corporate investigations unit, at a total cost of up to £104,100.
Together, it means about one in every 25 members of full time BBC staff has lost or had a gadget stolen in the last three years.
The figures show that the number of laptops being stolen has risen particularly sharply. In 2010 only 69 were reported stolen, but last year the figure had almost trebled to 195.
The increase came at a turbulent time for BBC staff as the "Delivering Quality First" initiative took effect with the first waves of more than 2,000 redundancies.
Tablet thefts also increased markedly in 2012 to 22, compared to six in each of the two previous years.
Many more laptops and tablets were reported stolen than lost. While 195 laptops were recorded as stolen last year, only 11 were lost. For mobile phones the figures for loss and theft were roughly the same.
“We are very mindful that this equipment is paid for from the licence fee and we make every effort to keep theft and loss to a minimum," said a BBC spokesman.
"The BBC has implemented a number of measures to reduce the level of crime."
He declined to elaborate on the measures, citing security concerns.
Veracode, a computer security company that made the Freedom of Information Act request, said part of the increase could probably be blamed on increased mobility among office worker, including BBC staff.
“The huge rise in mobile and tablet devices in the workplace means that staff are able to work from home and on the move, increasing productivity and collaboration,” said Tyler Shields from the firm. “But increased mobility also opens up new risks for organisations.”
Laptops, tablets and mobiles worth as much as £760,000 have been lost or stolen from the BBC in the last three years alone, official figures show.
By Christopher Williams
A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that 399 laptops costing licence fee payers £1,500 each, have been lost or stolen since 2010.
A further 39 tablet computers, also costing £1,500 each under a lease contract, went missing. Each lost laptop and tablet cost almost the equivalent of 10 households’ television licences.
Some 347 mobile phones, costing between £100 and £300 each were also lost or stolen, according to the figures from the BBC’s corporate investigations unit, at a total cost of up to £104,100.
Together, it means about one in every 25 members of full time BBC staff has lost or had a gadget stolen in the last three years.
The figures show that the number of laptops being stolen has risen particularly sharply. In 2010 only 69 were reported stolen, but last year the figure had almost trebled to 195.
The increase came at a turbulent time for BBC staff as the "Delivering Quality First" initiative took effect with the first waves of more than 2,000 redundancies.
Tablet thefts also increased markedly in 2012 to 22, compared to six in each of the two previous years.
Many more laptops and tablets were reported stolen than lost. While 195 laptops were recorded as stolen last year, only 11 were lost. For mobile phones the figures for loss and theft were roughly the same.
“We are very mindful that this equipment is paid for from the licence fee and we make every effort to keep theft and loss to a minimum," said a BBC spokesman.
"The BBC has implemented a number of measures to reduce the level of crime."
He declined to elaborate on the measures, citing security concerns.
Veracode, a computer security company that made the Freedom of Information Act request, said part of the increase could probably be blamed on increased mobility among office worker, including BBC staff.
“The huge rise in mobile and tablet devices in the workplace means that staff are able to work from home and on the move, increasing productivity and collaboration,” said Tyler Shields from the firm. “But increased mobility also opens up new risks for organisations.”