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Why Moving Up the Ladder Sometimes Means Moving Away From Your Values

I got promoted to management and now I have to fire people to meet profit targets and I lie awake at night thinking about their families and I don't know how long I can do this.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Professional advancement often requires participating in decisions that distribute harm in ways that can fracture one's sense of moral coherence.

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