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P.J. O'Rourke on Rights and Responsibilities

pjorourke.jpg"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences."

-- P.J. O'Rourke

 

What do you think? Is that all there is to ethics? Is P.J.'s maxim as true in business as it is in life? Or does business ethics have special needs, especially where issues of compliance and HR come into play?

 

(Thanks to Jim Estill over at the Time Leadership blog for this quote.)

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