Ah, HN. The place where people complain that companies aren&#x27;t willing to invest in their employees by (re)training them, and the place where firing is demanded if people make a misstep.<p>Embezzlement is not equatable here - embezzlement is an objective crime that attracts jail time. Flirting with someone in the office (even if clumsy) is not - there&#x27;s plenty of office romances out there, and people don&#x27;t go to jail for them.<p>Yes, talking to a lawyer and documentation is the right thing to do, but damn, why does every mistake require a scalp?<p>&gt; <i>As to messaging to the rest of the company, again lawyer lawyer lawyer, but &quot;X made comments of a sexual nature to another employee. As a consequence, we fired him. If you have questions or concerns, speak to me later. Moving on.&quot;</i><p>No, not moving on. If you do that and then don&#x27;t then make a sexual harrassment statement part of your hiring process, then you&#x27;ve half-arsed it and are setting yourself up for a repeat - <i>and</i> next time an employee <i>won&#x27;t</i> come to you, because they don&#x27;t want to get someone fired over the issue; you&#x27;ve both broken an employee&#x27;s trust in you and not protected yourself in future. If you&#x27;re going for the hardline approach, you have to do it completely.