On the bright side, 76 percent said you never need to break the law or experience a lapse in ethics in order to get ahead.
Are these numbers for Wall Street so terrible? Are they worse than for other professions?
I think one problem is that the Wall Street types can create a lot more havoc than a dishonest local business owner, as the recent mortgage meltdown, global recession, and bond rate manipulations have shown.
I'm not excusing dishonest business practices. I'm just saying that Wall Street should be held to higher standards because it can cause so much more destruction. Of course, we
used to have laws that kept them from causing the kinds of damage I just cited, but there you are. I wish the government would bring back those laws.
