Have you ever wondered if the most successful people in your industry are playing by the same rules you are? When the pressure to succeed mounts, the line between aggressive business tactics and the ethical gray zone gets dangerously blurry. In today’s briefing on James B. Stewart’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Den of Thieves, we explore the ‘Illusion of the Victimless Edge.’ Discover how 1980s Wall Street titans let unchecked ambition blind their moral compass—and why that tempting shortcut is often a trapdoor.
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James B. Stewart is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author renowned for his investigative reporting on Wall Street and corporate America. A former editor at The Wall Street Journal and current columnist for The New York Times, Stewart establishes his authority through his deep expertise in …
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