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A Lesson from Warren Buffet about Ethical Blind Spots

Harvard Business Review

The data seem clear on David Sokol's conflict of interest in the Berkshire/Lubrizol deal. It also accounts in part for the failure of security rating agencies to accurately gauge the riskiness of the instruments they rate. A desire for integrity is no protection from conflicts of interest.

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