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    Ethical dilemma

    Jul 30, 2018 2 minutes
    by Matthew Beard

    It seems to me that it is those without power who complain about political and social structures; whereas those who have power have few complaints. And so it is at my workplace: the powerless complain, while those with power rule. But the power seems to be taken, not given – no matter their formal place in the

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