Are we getting used to the unethical hot water?
The urban myth of a frog's behaviour in hot water finds an uncomfortable analogy in a recent survey of business ethics in SA
06 February 2022 - 00:00
An urban myth says that if you put a frog in a pot of hot water, it will try to escape immediately. However, if you put the frog in a pot filled with room-temperature water and incrementally increase the temperature, the frog will not try to escape, and will eventually be boiled to death...
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