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What Companies Have Learned from Losing Billions in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

The case is now languishing in the World Bank’s investment dispute court. As Ted Unton, former head of global financial compliance at Bemis, the packaging giant, succinctly puts it, Bemis’s “major concern was ethical, not FCPA or regulations.

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Case Study: Can Nice Guys Finish First?

Harvard Business Review

After business school Adam had followed the herd into investment banking but immediately became bored by it. Who did all the due diligence about the health violations and the labor issues and the back taxes — you or him?". "OK, "And — ". And Tallyrymple," Adam said with a sigh. That's going to haunt me forever.".