Now, the gross corruption product

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Why so many business people got caught up in illegal practices remains something of a mystery. Some experts in business ethics say the problem has always been there.

"People are people and human nature is human nature," says David Gebler, president of Working Values Ltd. in Sharon, Mass. "I don't think the level of personal integrity is higher or lower than it ever has been."

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