Some bridges need to be burned. There is this sickness in business that is a kind of pervasive dishonesty. Apart from just being wrong in a moral sense, this is

Some bridges need to be burned. There is this sickness in business that is a kind of pervasive dishonesty. Apart from just being wrong in a moral sense, this is also counter-productive: it ruins the utility of reputation. Sorry, are you complaining because people are denied an avenue by which to slander others? The utility isn't ruined. You just have to look at it a different way. "Good" people will probably have a good reputation because sharing praise is almost always safe. Bad people will probably have a vague reputation. Doing things this way lets people be rewarded for good behavior, while people who have made mistakes get a chance to learn from their mistakes and "start over".