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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks. I always teach that leaders who knowingly commit ethics violations should never be coached - they should be fired. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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A Lesson from Warren Buffet about Ethical Blind Spots

Harvard Business Review

The far more interesting question from our standpoint is why Warren Buffett, known for his embrace of ethical business practices, failed to understand the unethicality of Sokol's actions when he learned of them, and intervene. This failure of oversight — called "motivated blindness" — is unconscious and common.

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