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When siblings inherit businesses with questionable wage practices

My sister and I inherited our dad's contracting business and we found out he was paying his workers way below industry standard and now we have to decide whether to raise wages and risk losing contracts or keep the status quo and feel terrible about it.

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An ethical inheritance dilemma forces a choice between financial survival and moral alignment, with no clear path that preserves both business viability and personal integrity.

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“Where Are You with Labor economics — how wages are set?”

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