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Moral purpose

Dave Snowden
February 4, 2009
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OK, if he goes through with this then I’m really impressed. Add in retrospective recovery of any bonus won by a focus on short term gain at the expense of society as a whole and I will really believe the world has turned. I quote: [T]hat’s exactly the kind of disregard of the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis: a culture of narrow self-interest and short-term gain at the expense of everything else

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