Tuesday 15 July 2008

It's All About Respect

A good Antipodean friend of mine has a favourite saying: "It's all about respect!" (most usually wheeled out when he isn't getting any).

No. 2 on the list of Goldman Sachs' Business Principles reads as follows:

"Our assets are our people, capital and reputation. If any of these is ever diminished, the last is the most difficult to restore. We are dedicated to.."

Reputation and respect go hand-in-hand. Respect is acquired gradually, one carefully planned action at a time, one blemish-free day after another. A reputation can take a lifetime to build and yet be so easily shattered. Lost in a careless moment of ill-conceived rashness...


Scooby Doo explains to world-renowned BBC correspondent Kate Adie why he is posing as a world-renowned money broker for the day


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