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Ethical Failures in Organizations Explained
Wells Fargo created fake accounts driven by sales quotas. Volkswagen cheated emissions tests. Incentives drove fraud when unchecked by oversight.
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−On October 29, 2001, Sherron Watkins, a vice president at Enron, testified…
+In August 2001, Sherron Watkins, a vice president at Enron, warned Enron CEO…
−Lay did not act on the warning. Within weeks of Watkins's congressional…
+Lay did not act on the warning. Within months, Enron filed for what was
−no room for honesty." - John Ewing, author of Faster, Higher, Farthe…
+no room for honesty." - Jack Ewing, author of Faster, Higher, Farthe…
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