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Former treasurer at a collapsed bank: 'Right and wrong became blurry'
I was in a bank that collapsed due to the risks we had taken on. Why did virtually nobody speak out? Well, you get sucked into the corporate culture. And you know that if you take something public, they'll find a way of getting back at you. They won't sack you right away but when there's a new round of redundancies … You isolate yourself when you act against the institution you're part of. So the only people to do so are those with very high morals, and those who just don't care. "Bankers work in teams, and the ethic there is: you are with us or you're against us. Speaking out makes you vulnerable. If you have a ... (full story)