Background Check Dilemma: Should We Reveal Past Misconduct or Protect a Career?

Hello friends, I want to ask for an opinion about a sensitive topic. We recently asked a manager to leave the company due to improper conduct (an internal investigation revealed one-time financial impropriety). The person pleaded with our MD, hence the MD asked him to resign. We soon found out that the ex-manager has joined another company at an even higher position and salary. We have received a request for background verification. We are in a dilemma—should we mention the truth and potentially spoil someone's career, or tell a lie and save someone's career?

Please give your views on what we should do.

Regards, Sriram

Hi,

It is completely a decision which your organization shall take. The only thing that needs to be kept in mind is that you need to have proper documentation of the fraud done by the employee as he left with the resignation and not the termination of employment. If you have the same, then only shall you go ahead and give the actual and correct feedback to the new employer of the employee.