"It's just us today. Campbell called in ethical."
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called in sick, sick, calling in sick, sickie, pulling a sickie, conscience, grow a conscience, grew a conscience, no conscience, growing a conscience, ethics, ethical, ethical business, lack of ethics, no ethics, meeting, meetings, business meetings, board meetings, board meeting, exec, execs, executives, executive, banker, bankers, corporate greed, corporate, corporations"Don't repeat this."
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parrot, parrots, parroting, repeat, repeats, repeating, repetition, repetitions, copy, copies, copying, silence, secret, secrets, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, executive, executives, leak, leaks, leaking, secret, secrets, keep secrets, keeping secrets, spill the beans, spilling the beans, talk, talks, talking, bird, birds, trustworthy, untrustworthy"In the interest of increasing revenue this quarter, Evan, here, will be leading an initiative to rip off liquor stores."
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business meeting, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meetings, revenue, company revenvue, economic downturn, downturn, recession, recessions, credit crunch, desparate times, desparate measures, robbery, rob, theft, steal, stealing, swindle, swindling, crimes, turn to crime"And, while there's no reason yet to panic, I think it only prudent that we make preparations to panic."
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business, boardrooms, bad news, panic, panics, panicking, frighten, frightens, frightening, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, preparation, preparations, make preparations, makes preparations, making preparations, foresight, look ahead, looking ahead, profit decline, profit declines, profits declining, prudent, long term, future, futures, mankoff"Damn it, Hopkins, didn't you get yesterday's memo?"
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memo, memos, dress code, dress codes, dress up, dressing up, dress down, dressing down, casual friday, saxophone, saxophones, sax, saxes, casual fridays, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, odd man out, odd men out, stand out, stands out, standing out, jazz, jazz musician, jazz musicians"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."
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modest, modesty, false modesty, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, bigwig, bigwigs, big wig, big wigs, boss, bosses, big boss, big bosses, hierarchy, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate culture, board meeting, board meetings, dictator, dictators, dictatorship, dictatorships, democracy, democracies, figure of speech"Everybody gets a raise."
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conference, conferences, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, kiss up, kisses up, kissing up, c.e.o., ceo, executive, executives, yes man, yes men, agree, agrees, agreeing, agreement, suck up, sucks up, raise, raises, board meeting, board meetings, conference room, boss, bosses, manager, managers, animal, animals, dog, dogs, superior, superiors, corporate culture, corporate ladder"All those in favor of the new me say 'Aye.' "
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boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, the boss, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, vote voting, transition, transitions, gender transition, transitioning, modern life, makeover, makeovers, new look, new looks, change, changing, changes, a new you, new you, modern times, life choices, life choice"Perkins here, representing taxes."
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board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, death, grim reaper, the grim reaper, taxes, corrupt, corruption, tax avoidance, tax evasion, tax dodging, tax avoider, tax avoiders, tax dodger, tax dodgers, tax evader, tax evaders, offshore account, offshore accounts, offshore bank account, offshore bank accounts, offshore banking, tax haven, tax havens, white collar crime, white collar crimes, white collar criminal, white collar criminals"I want to apologise for calling this meeting on such short notice."
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business meeting, business meetings, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, spaghetti, pasta, fork, forks, dinner time, meal, meals, meal time, short notice, rush, in a rush, interruption, interruptions, overworked, overworking, management style, management styles, professionalism, unprofessional, lunchbreak, lunch time"We need to rethink our strategy of hoping the Internet will just go away."
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modern times, modern technology, modern attitudes, modern life, luddite, luddites, technophobe, technophobes, technophobia, out of touch, the internet, the web, internet, social networking, social media, online network, online networking, social networking, evolving technology, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, wishful thinking, out of date, out dated, outdated, out-dated, behind the times, passive, passivity, fruitless, futile, futility, ineffective, ineffectual, waste of time, too late"I'm sorry, Wilson, but here at Tastee Cookie Corp. we no longer recognize the Geneva Conventions."
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business, businessman, businessmen, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, board member, board members, worker, workers, employee, employees, corporation, corporations, company, companies, office, offices, office life, geneva convention, geneva conventions, human rights, violence, violent, management, pulley, pulleys, rope, ropes, workplace bullying, ethics, unethical"May I offer a very different scenario?"
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, perspective, perspectives, different perspective, new perspective, new perspectives, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, business meeting, newcomer, newcomers, odd man out, c-suite, c suite, executive, executives, business executive, executive suite, executive suites"O.K. Will somebody please bring me up to date?"
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boardroom, boardrooms, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, office jargon, business jargon, jargon, buzzword, buzzwords, office phrase, office phrases, business phrases, business phrase, out of date, behind the times, colonial, colonial style, colonial styles, american history, colonial america, eighteenth century, eighteenth century, 1700s"I like it. It's dumb without trying to be clever."
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business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, executive, executives, manager, managers, meeting, meetings, business meetings, business meeting, board meeting, board meetings, advertising, advertisers, plan, plans, mock-up, mock up, mock-ups, mock ups, mockup, mockups, incompetence, incompetent, buzzword, buzzwords, corporate, corporation, corporations, corporate buzzword, corporate buzzwords, jargon, corporate jargon, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, dumb, dumbness"How about some little pads and pencils?"
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the round table, king arthur, medieval times, monarchy, olden days, the olden days, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, suggestion, suggestions, board room, board rooms, government, mythology, knights of the round table, knights, english mythology, democracy, democratic, camelot, knights of camelot"Perhaps we should take a fresh look at the methods of the much maligned Spanish Inquisition."
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maligned, malign, inquisition, inquisitions, spanish inquisition, european, method, methods, tortures, enhanced interrogation, enhanced interrogation program, enhanced interrogation programs, interrogate, interrogates, interrogating, interrogation method, interrogation methods, board meeting, board meetings, military agenda, military agendas"My instincts tell me to call an emergency board meeting. My emotions tell me to have it at the all-nude bar across the street."
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board meeting, board meetings, emergency, emergencies, strip club, strip clubs, white collar, white collar jobs, worst instinct, worst instincts, instinct, instincts, emotion, emotions, emotional decision, emotional decisions, bad idea, bad ideas, businessman, businessmen, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, misogyny"The resolution has been made and seconded that we stick our heads in the sand."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, ostrich, ostriches, bird, birds, business, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, board member, board members, chairman, chairmen, office, offices, office life, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, motion, motions, stick your head in the sand, bury your head in the sand, have your head in the sand, ignoring, hiding, avoiding, personification, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic"Wouldn't you want it to end sooner if you knew we were planning a fantastic après-war party?"
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board meeting, board meetings, military meeting, military meeting, joint chiefs, joint chiefs of staff, war, wars, warring, military conflicts, military conflict, end, ends, ending, ending wars, endless war, endless wars, war in afghanistan, leader, leaders, military leader, military leaders, motivation, motivations, motivate, motivates, motivating factor, motivating factors, party, parties, partying, partier, partiers"First Big Oil, the Big Steel, and now, Big Cookie."
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corporate giant, corporate giants, bad idea, bad ideas, bad investment, bad investments, cookie, cookies, oil giant, oil giants, big oil, big steel, bright idea, bright ideas, bad decision, bad decisions, supersize, supersized, america, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, big business, board meeting, board meetings"We do it, Havermeyer, because our corporate parent says we must."
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corporate, corporation, corporations, mega corporation, mega corporations, megacorporation, megacorporations, corporate overlord, corporate overloads, hat, hats, headwear, head wear, dress code, dress codes, corporate parent, corporate parents, parent company, parent companies, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, uniform, uniforms, employee uniform, employee uniforms, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."
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sinking business, failing business, failed business, crash, crashes, economic crash, economic crashes, recession, recessions, in recession, double dip recession, stocks, stocks and shares, stock market crash, stock market crashes, economics, life jacket, life jackets, life-jacket, life-jackets, lifejacket, lifejackets, sink ship, sinking ships, boardroom, boardrooms, profit, plummeting profit, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business man, business men, business person, business people, businessmen, businessman, businessperson