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How Metrics Influence Behavior
Metrics create visibility making performance transparent. Accountability follows visibility.
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−Research by Graham, Harvey, and Campbell found that 78
+Research by Graham, Harvey, and Rajgopal found that 78
−had opened approximately 3.5 million unauthorized accounts
+had opened approximately 2 million unauthorized accounts
Why this is better
The Graham/Harvey/Rajgopal attribution and the main-paragraph Wells Fargo figure (2 million) were already correctly fixed in body content. But a SECOND body-text leftover survived in the Goodhart's Law domain-examples summary table, which still said '3.5 million unverified accounts; $185 million fine', inconsistent with the already-fixed paragraph above it. Fixed the table cell to '2 million unverified accounts', PUT, and verified clean on re-fetch. FAQ decoded (4-step op-sequence) and checked - no mention of these facts.
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