What Plato Knew About Enron
This paper applies Plato’s cave allegory to Enron’s success and downfall. Plato’s famous tale of cave dwellers illustrates the different levels of truth and understanding. These levels include images, the sources of images, and the ultimate reality behind both. The paper first describes these levels...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2009
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 86, Issue: 4, Pages: 463-471 |
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Kenneth Lay
B Ethics B Corporate image B Enron B Plato B Accounting fraud |
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