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Why the Fed Is So Wimpy

Harvard Business Review

The other smoking gun is that Segarra pushed for a tough Fed line on Goldman’s lack of a substantive conflict of interest policy, and was rebuffed by her boss. That’s because, for the past two decades or so, not having a substantive conflict of interest policy has been Goldman’s business model.

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When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It

Harvard Business Review

Although including everyone involved in the project in an email is a clear sign of transparency, our results indicated that people evaluate this practice as signalling distrust, which reduces their own trust in, and commitment to, the organization.

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Narrowing the Chasm Between PR Professionals and Wikipedia

Harvard Business Review

A few organizations in the PR industry have overtly sold their ability to “create and fix Wikipedia pages” in ways that violate the very spirit and purpose of the Wikipedia project. Many of the more venial sins are the result of a widespread lack of understanding and education about Wikipedia’s standards about conflicts of interest.

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