CHAPTER TWOTo Get to the Angels,Deal with the Devil

If you are humble, nothing will touch you,neither praise nor disgrace,because you know what you are.

MOTHER TERESA

IMAGINE THE BUSINESS that has been in your family for fifty years is days away from running out of cash. You have three hundred employees and their families relying on their jobs to provide for them. Your uncle has served time in prison and embarrassed the family for years but has offered to bail you out. You have no other alternatives. What do you do?

This story and others like it represent an ethical dilemma that each of us may face at some point, be it in a personal or a professional setting. It is at these times that our values shine and our stress levels skyrocket. You are ...

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