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When Good People Work for Bad Companies

Harvard Business Review

After earning a master's degree in ethics at Yale, Gregor became the first director of corporate consciousness for Burlington, Vermont-based Seventh Generation , the nation's leading manufacturer of environmentally-friendly household and personal care products. What was it that he was here to do? Was he doing it? How could he do it better?".

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Case Study: Can Nice Guys Finish First?

Harvard Business Review

He wanted Merwyn, his CEO, to explain in person why this door that Adam cared so much about was closed. At age 32, Adam considered himself to be at the beginning of his career, still emerging from the cocoon of his impressive education. That little guy was the CEO of a company in his twenties?" My age," Adam said. And — ".