Little Happier: Would I Know the Way to Tell Right from Wrong?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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As I read about the Enron scandal, I was relieved to see that one person could clearly articulate how to tell right from wrong. Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Links and notes related to this episode can be found in the latest post here: https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter If you pre-ordered Gretchen’s new book Outer Order, Inner Calm, get your preorder bonuses here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Ribin and this is a little happier.
0:03.8	Like many people, I recently read the absolutely riveting book, Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies
0:09.7	and a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carey.
0:13.3	I've also been listening to the podcast The Dropout by ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis.
0:18.6	This is all about the Theranos scandal with Elizabeth Holmes.
0:23.0	Over the years, I've also seen documentaries about the Bernie Madoff fraud and the Enron
0:26.9	fraud.
0:27.9	Many people have recommended to me recently the documentaries about the Fire Festival
0:32.3	fraud.
0:33.3	Now, some people commit fraud.
0:35.8	I find that interesting in a kind of detached way, but what I find much more troubling
0:41.6	or myself as I listen to these stories is apart from the people at the very center of
0:48.6	the fraud, what about the others who get pulled in?
0:52.2	The lawyers, the accountants, the auditors, the consultants, the finance people.
0:57.1	Where to the point?
0:58.7	What would I have done if I had somehow been involved?
1:03.4	I started my career in law and I can imagine a world in which I'd state a lawyer instead
1:07.6	of switching to become a writer.
1:09.7	And I can imagine that I might have been a lawyer who worked with one of these companies.
1:14.3	Would I have been able to recognize wrongdoing?
1:17.9	Having recognized it, would I have stood up against it?
1:21.8	If lots of smart people said that a deal was lawful and proper, would I have accepted
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