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What TV comedy The Good Place tells us about why banks and other corporations do bad things

  • Written by Danny Davis, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Performance Sciences, and researcher at, La Trobe University
What TV comedy The Good Place tells us about why banks and other corporations do bad thingsKristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil and D'Arcy Carden from The Good Place. The TV series' navigation of ethics shares touch points with Australia's banking royal commission. IMDB

What does the American Netflix fantasy-comedy The Good Place have in common with Australia’s banking royal commission?

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