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Originally Posted by valo403
You honestly don't see the difference between a mom and pop corner store and Wal-Mart in a situation like this? A $20 error for the corner store could be 10% of their daily profit (I have no idea how much corner stores earn, but when you factor in overhead $200 a day doesn't seem that out of line does it?). A $20 error at Wal-Mart is .00000001% of their daily profit.
Sure no single rain drop is to blame for the flood, but if that flood is taking out Wal-Mart that's one hell of a storm.
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I can certianly see the impact difference. However I really do not like the size generalization because it's the thin edge of the wedge of a slippery slope.
I work in finance, and I wouldn't hire anyone who rationalized things in that way. Every major fraud in history has people implicated who fit two categories:
1) Sociopath. Ultimately they are out there and the best thing we can do is attempt to root them out to expose them to others as people to stay away from.
2) People who rationalize things in that way, except as time goes on the numbers get bigger. They ultimately are the enablers whose morals get compromised and bought off by the spoils of fraud.