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  • 1.  Is lying acceptable for an entrepreneur if he/she is committed to stopping when they can?

    Posted 04-09-2010 08:57

    I spilt some coffee today as I read the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert's blog during my breakfast and found it asking "Is lying acceptable if you are committed to stopping when you can?" See:

    http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/04/is_it_ok_for_entrepreneurs_lie.html

     

    Best regards,

    Charles Wankel

    St. John's University, New York

    http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~wankelc

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  • 2.  Is lying acceptable for an entrepreneur if he/she is committed to stopping when they can?

    Posted 04-09-2010 17:15

    Whether we like to admit it or not, there is significant anectdotal evidence that Williamson had a valid observation when he defined Entrepreneurship as entailing opportunism with guile.

    Emeric

    Dr. Emeric Solymossy  (Dr. E.)
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    ----- "Charles Wankel" <wankelc@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
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    I spilt some coffee today as I read the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert's blog during my breakfast and found it asking "Is lying acceptable if you are committed to stopping when you can?" See:

    http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/04/is_it_ok_for_entrepreneurs_lie.html

     

    Best regards,

    Charles Wankel

    St. John's University, New York

    http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~wankelc

    Add me on LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/wankelc


    |     Allievating Poverty through Business Strategy (Palgrave Macmillan) is out now in paperback:

    http://www.amazon.com/Alleviating-Poverty-through-Business-Strategy/dp/0230104045

     

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