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Halo slips on our revered institutions
Matthew Syed
The Times
In 2017, Chicago University economists found that working for a socially responsible company increased the tendency to act unethically, says Matthew Syed. A study last week found that tech firms that made public statements in support for Black Lives Matter had 20% fewer black employees. “The perception of virtue provided a fig leaf for its absence.” This might help explain an increasingly familiar pattern at some of Britain’s “most revered institutions” including
