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A Lesson from Warren Buffet about Ethical Blind Spots

Harvard Business Review

The far more interesting question from our standpoint is why Warren Buffett, known for his embrace of ethical business practices, failed to understand the unethicality of Sokol's actions when he learned of them, and intervene. Martin Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. Tenbrunsel is the Rex and Alice A.

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How Share-Price Fixation Killed Enron

Harvard Business Review

It appears that Enron''s final fatal mistake was to try to support its stock price instead of living up to key contractual obligations required to maintain its credit rating. Enron owned the largest natural gas pipeline system in the U.S., it is imperative to maintain the trust of the rating agencies).

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