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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: j g cordes who wrote (3406)9/17/1998 3:35:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (2) of 67261
 
Time Magazine recently ran an article on honesty asking how many regularly "white lie" in day to day business dealings. An amazing 95% said they lied at least a little.

Yes I would like to know what constitutes a white lie in business. If you paint it with a broad brush, you could easily make a case that 100% of people lie in business dealings. For example, in a sales situation of a software implementation, virtually every consulting house lies about how much time and expense will really be required to implement the product (Sap, psft whatever). Cost and time overruns are rampant, not because this takes the mgmt by surprise, but because most of these things were underbid in the first place. Well is this lying or not on the part of the people inside the companes who do it? If not, what is? The next level in this business would be lying (exaggerating) the accomplishments of the $200/hr consultants that are pitched to the site... and so on.

My point is, white lies are hard to define. We cant expect everyone to be absolutely truthful about everything business doesnt work that way. And if you say that some lying is ok in this context and others are not, the definition of that line is impossible to define. Best to avoid the subject altogether and lay off the moral policing.
Michelle
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