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7-Eleven, Volkswagen cases show why we should push back on 'corporate ethics'

  • Written by The Conversation
imageChairman and major shareholder of 7-Eleven Russ Withers sits in a Senate Committee hearing in Melbourne.Julian Smith/AAP

There is perhaps no phrase more hackneyed in the corporate world than: “good ethics is good business”. Against the image of the ruthless business baron who will stop at nothing in the pursuit of wealth and power, the...

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