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News/Coldplay Concert Controversy Illustrates How Conflicts of Interest Can Become Corporate Kiss of Death
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Coldplay Concert Controversy Illustrates How Conflicts of Interest Can Become Corporate Kiss of Death

Evidence of an illicit relationship between coworkers went super-viral this summer, culminating in two people (a CEO and his company’s HR director) leaving their jobs after being shown on a kisscam at a concert. Of course, not all cases of corporate conflicts of interest are as salacious and immediately compelling as Coldplay-gate, but as Steph Holmes of EQS Group explores, that doesn’t make them any less perilous for organizations, which risk reputation damage, internal turmoil and even legal consequences in the wake of ethical blunders.

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