
265POINTS TO HELP YOUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS
Fear of paying the price. Ifyoucan’tdothetime,don’tdothecrime.
Often those who do the crimes don’t start out intending to be crimi-
nals. It’s more like an incremental progression than an intentional
leap. Justifying one immoral act leads to another, and pretty soon,
you’re heading down a dark road. If you fear paying the price of
telling the truth, don’t do things that will require you to pay that
price.
Fear of losing competitive advantage. Competition and the value of
proprietary information require us to maintain secrets from time to
time. You don’t want your competition to get the designs for a new
computer ...