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iibusiness iidecisions iiwithout iitoo iimuch iigovernment iiinterference. ii"Their iiview iiis iithat
iithe iifraudulent iiexecutives iiare iibad iiapples iiin iia iibasically iisweet iibarrel", iiaccording iito
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iiand iiexpensive iieducational iitrips iifrom iidrug iicompanies, iiyet iisaid iirestricting iifinancial
iiplanners iifrom iireceiving iithe iisame iikinds iiof iibenefits iifrom iiinvestment iicompanies
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iidecline iihis iisalary iiso iithat iihe iicould iifeel iibetter iiabout iihimself iiis iia iigood iiillustration
iiof iisomeone: ii- iiAnswers ii-a. iiwith iia iihigh iiDesire iifor iiMoral iiApprobation iiof iiSelf
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consortium iiof iiUS iibusiness iiindustry iicontractors iiwhich iisubscribes iito iia iiset iiof
iiprinciples iifor iiachieving iihigh iistandards iiof iibusiness iiethics/conduct
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iiidentity iito iiothers
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5. iidiffusion iiof iiresponsibility ii
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iioutcome ii
2. iiResponsibility iiis iishared iiwith iiothers
ii-ex. iilarge iiteam iiwith iino iidefined iipositions
3. iiResponsibility iiis iiobscured iiby iiorganizational iihierarchy
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4. iiResponsibility iiis iidiluted iiby iipsychological iidistance iito iipotential iivictims
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iiindividual's iisense iiof iihis iior iiher iiown iiresponsibility iifor iia iigiven iiethically iirelated
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iiminimizes iihis iior iiher iipersonal iiresponsibility iifor iian iiaction iiby iifocusing iion iihis iior
iiher iiassigned iirole. iiIn iiother iiwords, iiyou iican iijustify iior iiexplain iian iiaction iior iireaction
iiby iisaying iithat iiyou iiwere iionly iifulfilling iithe iifunction iithe iiorganization iigave iiyou iito
iifulfill.
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-the iiway iithey iiperceive iihow iiothers iiwithin iiorganization iiwould iirespond
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