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Warren Buffett's been telling all his managers for decades that they shouldn't base their decisions on what is "this side of the line of legality" but rather on

Warren Buffett's been telling all his managers for decades that they shouldn't base their decisions on what is "this side of the line of legality" but rather on what they wouldn't mind "seeing printed on the front page of the New York Times". I'm sure the idea's been around for even longer than that, though. I bet Benjamin Franklin (a publisher, among other things) must've had a choice quote about that...

expralitemonk 14y ago
"Abstain from all appearance of evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:22 King James Bible I'm sure if you dug around in Buddhist or Confucianist writings you'd find something similar. Being mindful of how your actions look is very useful in avoiding trouble.