CHAPTER 6

Flexible Business Ethics

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

So, What Exactly Are Flexible Business Ethics?

They represent strategies, actions, and attitudes that deliver results and rewards for you and your business. Flexing gives you an edge to win at almost (I said “almost”) any cost. It is legal. It is not intended to harm, but the tactics may be borderline socially acceptable. Flexible business ethics action can include the following, to varying degrees:

Manipulation

Coercion

Pretense

Feigning interest or knowledge

Adaptation to unfamiliar situations

Anything outside your comfort zone that requires “faking it”

Flexible business ethics means bending the rules for gaining advantage, but nothing illegal, ...

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