Bad hires of course happen. I don't think that's relevant. Say I work at a place where (1) no criminal backgrounds is a rule, and (2) I have a candidate we wo

Bad hires of course happen. I don't think that's relevant. Say I work at a place where (1) no criminal backgrounds is a rule, and (2) I have a candidate we would hire except for rule (1). If I personally push for an exception to rule (1) and the person turns out to be a bad hire -- and particularly if the badness of the hire is related to crimes -- I strongly suspect that will become a me problem.