Josephson Institute Blog Comments Policy

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The mission of the Josephson Institute is to improve the ethical quality of society by changing personal and organizational decision making and behavior. We support that mission by ensuring that only civil comments are posted to the blog. Disagreements are inevitable, but mutual respect is a must, and comments that contain profanity, abusive language, or personal attacks will be edited or deleted. You can question our content, argue against opinions voiced on the blog or in the comments, but you cannot attack the author, other commenters, or anyone else. Failure to respect this rule may result in removal and blocked access.

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