The Ethics of Helping Starving Workers at the Expense of the Employer

Boston College Professor, Lisa Dodson, interviewed supervisors of very low paid workers. She found many who are slipping a few extra bucks into the paypackets of those who are, effectively, starving. The supervisor is cheating the employer to help the employees that the employer is exploiting. What, this article asks, are the ethical implications? Would you slip a starving worker in a bakery a loaf of bread?