The Human Side of Business Ethics: When Good People Make Bad Choices

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“Never in my wildest dreams did I see this coming. When I first started ‘borrowing’ from the company I had every intent of paying back what I took. Heck, I did pay some of it back — at least at the beginning!” Those were the words Mark said as he confessed that the life he was living was, for the most part, an illusion. Truth be told, Mark, for all his legitimate successes, had over time become no more than a liar and a thief. His choices created consequences that he never dreamed were possible.

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