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...suggest that we wrongly believe that doing the right thing will prevent us from getting ahead. Where do you think that idea comes from? I think it comes from a short-term mentality. We've moved away from the long-term mentality of creating wealth to a slightly more short-term need for making money. There can be often a conflict between what I need to make money today and acting with integrity. Not really thinking, 'Gee, do I want to be here in 10, 20, 30 years' time?' can lead people to compromise on their integrity in pursuit...
...think there are two other factors I would include. One is a long-term view. [With] eBay, the potential for cheating was just enormous. What they did with their feedback system - where today buyers can rate sellers on how they behave - is that suddenly they brought sellers' behavior out into the open. So if you want to do business with a seller you can look at their feedback scores and decide, do I trust this person or not. So all of a sudden, it changed the dynamic: it eliminated the possibility of short-term cheating. If you cheated one person...
Harvard’s calendar changes made the recruiting season more condensed this year, according to Deborah Carroll, assistant director of career services for on-campus recruiting and employer relations. But she added that some students found it beneficial to be able to work on applications during J-Term...
This was the first long-term study to follow a large group of women that provides solid evidence for the inverse association between alcohol consumption and weight gain...
...January Term break gave this year’s seniors the opportunity to focus on their theses without the distraction of classes and extracurriculars...