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Authenticity: How to Be Honest Without Wrecking Your Business

Posted on February 8, 2014June 2, 2020 by Martin Edwards 3 Comments

Honesty is not the same as authenticity. Gerald Ratner was guilty of a breach of corporate “authenticity” whilst saying : “ I have to be honest ”!

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