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When consulting teams must decide whether to participate in harmful but legal business decisions

Our consulting team has been asked to write a report that we know will be used to justify laying off hundreds of people, and while the analysis itself is sound, we're divided on whether we should refuse the work or try to influence how the recommendations are implemented.

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A group of professionals must weigh their responsibility for how their work gets used against their obligation to provide objective analysis.

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