Corporate Greed And Corruption Is Wrong

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If I was the CEO of Wateroil and my company just had the largest oil spill in history, I would tell the investigators right away that it was not an accident. I would feel terrible that it is affecting a lot of people’s lives and businesses. The faster the truth is told about what happened, the faster the issue can be resolved even though there will be consequences. I don’t think I could live with the guilt of knowing how many lives were affected but I didn’t tell the truth just to save my job and company. Corporate greed and corruption is exactly what is taking place in this situation. Corporate greed and corruption is the act of intentionally deceiving, lying, cheating, and stealing in business. We can use a technique known as cost-benefit

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