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McKinsey allows consultants to refuse assignments that conflict with their morals. Tobacco and coal-mining companies often top that list. But several veterans of the firm said this only foisted the ethical and moral choices on low-level associates, rather than the firm’s leadership. And turning down work can lead to poor reviews and being counseled to leave the firm.
When McKinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe
Supporters of the ‘battle of ideas’ committed a fundamental methodological mistake, due to their misconception of the relationships between theory and practice. Postulating that once people’s minds had been conquered, behaviour would follow, they viewed ideological victory as a prerequisite for reform, and in this respect they were seriously mistaken.
The Ungovernable Society
Grégoire Chamayou
How do we decide what is of lasting value in ourselves in a society which is impatient, which focuses on the immediate moment? How can long-term goals be pursued in an economy devoted to the short term? How can mutual loyalties and commitments be sustained in institutions which are constantly breaking apart or continually being redesigned? These are the questions about character posed by the new, flexible capitalism.
The Corrosion of Character
Richard Sennett
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