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Ethics in Sales

Friday, June 13th, 2008

A recent post by Colin WIlson - Are You Lying Comfortably - got me thinking about ethics in sales.
It’s something people new to, or outside of sales often worry about. How ethical is it to “manipulate” people with salesmanship to buy a particular product or service?

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