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I would argue that:

1) Zenefits having software tools to specifically skirt state laws about employee certification requirements

2) Theranos lying about clinical results

3) Nant misrepresenting order data to their shareholders

4) Uber having a set of formalized HR processes that facilitate the sexual harassment of female employees

all go beyond "naughty". Plus, I don't think that PG would be excited about the financial impacts that each of those behaviors have had on the respective companies' share prices if he were a shareholder in those companies.

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I think the issue is "they delight in breaking rules". Why delight in it? There's a big difference between "I'm willing to break minor rules when I have to" and "I enjoy being naughty for its own sake". I suspect its a lot easier to break big rules when you're having fun breaking small ones.

> I suspect its a lot easier to break big rules when you're having fun breaking small ones.

That sounds plausible, but I suspect the correlation is very weak. Most people follow rules in a bizarrely idiosyncratic and context-sensitive fashion. For example, taking the escalator when going to the gym to use the stair-master.

Most people don't bat an eye about crossing in the middle of a small street. It's technically against the law, but hey.

But is it fun?

What rules are fun to break?

You've never tried a petty rebellion as a kid? It's fun. Even as an adult, you can get a thrill by calling in sick and going out.

There's a reason we love to watch crime dramas.

The advice is equivalent to "we want your break the rules, but don't get caught". It's encouraging misbehavior while trying to distance from the consequences.

I think with Uber the "naughty" could be more that they'd set up shop in countries without e-taxi regulation set up, skirt around taxi laws, and become too big and valued by the community before the government would have time to react.

I really don't understand why Zenefit's script was such a big deal. Have you ever had to sit through a bunch of slides and be forced to spend x hours staring at something you can speed read through in minutes? The regulations didn't care about testing real knowledge, just time spent on the module. Anyone with a slight bit of naughtiness will hack around this.

You're overstating the case on #4.

Agreed. Would you accept:

uber having a set of informal HR processes that fail to protect employees from persistent harassment

> 4) Uber having a set of formalized HR processes that facilitate the sexual harassment of female employees

Is this publicly available information? First time I hear of it.

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