The savings and loan crisis. The B.C.C.I. caper. Insider trading. Think of all the notorious business scandals that briefly enriched white-collar crooks during the greedy '80s. All those financial fiascoes might have been prevented with a simple lie-detector test: golf.
For proof, consider Golf and the Business Executive, an "attitudinal study" (translation: poll) by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. In the survey, nearly half of 401 executives agreed that "the way a person plays golf is very similar to how he or she conducts business affairs." At least some were speaking from self-knowledge: 55% admitted cheating at golf at least once. The...
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