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JUST BECAUSE WE CAN, DOES IT MEAN WE SHOULD?

Every business is faced with daily moral and ethical decisions. I once worked for a company whose claimed values were ‘customer first’ – yet at the end of the quarter our values suddenly became ‘sell all the crap you can to get our numbers up!’ Being in business isn’t easy. There’ll be countless times when espoused values will be tested. Business leaders and managers will be challenged every time they make a decision. What to do when offered cheap goods off questionable suppliers? Is it used the following examples of successful businesses built on completely different credos:

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