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How to navigate partnership disagreements over participating in corrupt systems

My business partner wants to bid on a government contract but I found out the selection process is rigged in favor of the mayor's brother's company, and he thinks we should play along because 'that's how business works' while I can't stomach participating in corruption.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners face a values conflict where one sees pragmatic adaptation and the other sees moral compromise, threatening both the relationship and business.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Institutional ethics and organizational integrity?”

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