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Article: Polygraph concern sparks return to writing
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 18, 1988
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NEW YORK (Reuters) Have you ever had an argument with someone
and later wished you had said something else? If you were to answer
"no" you would be on your way to failing the Stanton pre-employment
honesty test.
That and 82 other questions are aimed at weeding out the 30 to
32 percent of what James Walls, one of the founders of Stanton Corp.,
calls the "high-risk" individual most likely to walk out the door
with a company-owned item.
Written testing is expected to get a shot in the arm when a new
federal law curtailing use of polygraph-testing in the workplace
takes effect Dec. 27. Inquiries about the written test are up 30 to
40 percent, Walls said, and Charlotte, N.C.-based ...