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... porations sometimes have to bribe foreign politicians - for whom bribery is a way of life - is inflated into a rabid in- dictment of the personal morals of corporate executives . ( That such bribery is also inherent in government - aid ...
... porations sometimes have to bribe foreign politicians - for whom bribery is a way of life - is inflated into a rabid in- dictment of the personal morals of corporate executives . ( That such bribery is also inherent in government - aid ...
Page 114
... porations to do something for their own survival . So the question is : What is to be done ? Essentially , as I see it , the problem is one of candor and credibility , not of " public relations . " Indeed , one of the rea- sons the ...
... porations to do something for their own survival . So the question is : What is to be done ? Essentially , as I see it , the problem is one of candor and credibility , not of " public relations . " Indeed , one of the rea- sons the ...
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... porations have helped propagate it by grossly overstating their earnings . They accomplish this by sleazy accounting , shrewd accounting , or technically honest but still mislead- ing accounting . What we call " the revolution of rising ...
... porations have helped propagate it by grossly overstating their earnings . They accomplish this by sleazy accounting , shrewd accounting , or technically honest but still mislead- ing accounting . What we call " the revolution of rising ...
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