If boss gives you permission, is it stealing?

My business, which is part of a larger organization, is closing. While many of our furnishing and storage units and similar things are going to be used elsewhere and already spoken for, some smaller consumables are not. If the highest official within our part of the business gives permission for employees to take some of the consumable items we use on a daily basis (like pens, pencils...) is it stealing in any way to do so?