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The ultimate test of whether leaders can do the right thing

It is not necessarily the case that crises bring out the best in people. Rather, I’m observing that being locked down, or even shut down, by coronavirus amplifies pre-existing traits. 

The active are now hyperactive. The anxious are now petrified. The philosophical are now super-stoical. The kindly are out volunteering. The self-interested are greedily stockpiling.

If this is true of people, why not of businesses? That Frasers Group — better known, until a tactical rebrand as UK athleisure and trainers retailer Sports Direct — should at the start of the crisis have exhibited its worst side is hardly a surprise. To be cynical, it was only living its values.

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安德魯•希爾

安德魯•希爾(Andrew Hill)是《金融時報》副總編兼管理主編。先前,他擔任過倫敦金融城主編、金融主編、評論和分析主編。他在1988年加入FT,還曾經擔任過FT紐約分社社長、國際新聞主編、FT駐布魯塞爾和米蘭記者。

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