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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Joseph Lalonde

He is invited to a murder mystery dinner of an eccentric billionaire, Miles Bron (Edward Norton), founder of a company similar to Facebook and his friends. There’s always a motive behind actions. The problem is those things weren’t ethical. and estranged friend Andi Brand (Janelle Monae). Keep asking why.

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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

Two myths about creativity underlie the squeamishness: First, that creativity is morally, ethically good. Notice: That second part of the creativity definition — "appropriate to some goal" — doesn't mean that the goal is necessarily ethical. Tags: Creativity Ethics Innovation GAAP. Consider " The Balanced Scorecard."

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There’s a Word for Using Truthful Facts to Deceive: Paltering

Harvard Business Review

In our recent work , Todd Rogers and Richard Zeckhauser of the Harvard Kennedy School, Maurice Schweitzer of Wharton, Mike Norton of Harvard Business School, and I studied the use of paltering in negotiations. Thus, the HR manager has a motivation to mislead the person about the competition for the position and could do so in different ways.