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Elizabeth Holmes: The psychology of a liar (part one)

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Why Employees Questioned Faronos Lies

Everybody at Faronos had a conflict of interest. And just like the advisors in the research, they were far more likely to publicly endorse and share these lies because they could financially gain from doing so. Study after study showed that seeing other people cheating can dramatically increase how likely you are to cheat. In an organisation where the head of the organisation is cheating and board members are backing up and other people are lying, you too will lie as well. Why did it take 10 years for these lies to start coming out? Well no, see a lot of the rhetoric about Faronos is that there was a culture of dishonesty. Now I should say, many employees did question these lies,

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