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Lying to ourselves

CEO Blog

Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan; in any success in which multiple groups/individuals participate, each tends to ascribe the lion’s share to themselves. Not advertorial but for the benefit of the reader - enough the people remember you. 20/20 Hindsight Bias: aka “I knew it all along”.

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Lying to ourselves

CEO Blog

Success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan; in any success in which multiple groups/individuals participate, each tends to ascribe the lion’s share to themselves. Not advertorial but for the benefit of the reader - enough the people remember you. 20/20 Hindsight Bias: aka “I knew it all along”.

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The Ethics of Using Paid Content in Journalism

Harvard Business Review

When you put on your reading glasses you might have seen the word "advertisement" or "advertorial" in small print at the top of the page, and felt a little cheated. But what are the ethical lines this paid-for content should not cross? Which brings us to the ethical guidelines proposed by the Edelman report. Marketing Media'

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