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Unethical practices are not a foundation for an enduring sustainable, enterprise. This first consideration focuses on the legacy one creates through one’s M&A deals. What legacy do you want to leave? To incorporate ethics into our M&A mind-set is to think about the kind of world that we would like to live in, and that our children will inherit.

One might object that in a totally anarchic world, unethical behavior might be the only path to life. But this only begs the point: We don’t live in such a world. Instead, our world of norms and laws ensures a corrective process against unethical behavior.