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Ethics in action: People management

Ethics in action: People management

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Ethics in action: People management

- Sometimes the resolution to an ethical situation is, shall we say, non-intuitive. True story. I had a person lie to me. As I was his manager, fired him, and then rehired him. - Now I'm interested to hear this story 'cause I distinctly remember you stating lying, in any form, is a breach of ethics of which one could not walk back from. - And it is. Unless it isn't. So, let me tell you the story. Now by the way, I might not be able to convince you that what I did in this instance was the right thing. I actually am okay with that. Let me tell you the story and I'll tell you the conditions around which I made this decision and for, you know, folks that are listening to us today I would say, you make your own decision, you know, if you're in a similar situation based on the condition you're in. I had a person that was absolutely rock solid, reliable, we loved him, his team loved him, our client loved him until he…

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