Comment by thelittleone
5 years ago
The above was taught during a lecture at business school. A quick search found this link which infers the above along with some interesting other points related to the subject.
"The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment"
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1...
"Men are not hang'd for stealing Horses, but that Horses may not be stolen"
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
[0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Savile,_1st_Marquess_of...