The value of sportsmanship in business
From MoneyWatch : Just like basketball, football, tennis, or track and field, business is a competition. And competition can either be mean and dirty, or classy and dignified. It's probably no surprise that I'm a fan of the latter. Call me old-fashioned, but I think there is a lot to be said -- and gained -- from good sportsmanship in our professional lives... "Business is brutal." "Kill or be killed." "Take no prisoners"... yeah, yeah, I get all that high-testosterone stuff. I'm not naive or polyannish about having to play to win in business. But there are plenty of examples of successful companies that still manage to practice good, admirable sportsmanship... There are many ways you can show good sportsmanship in business, none of which will hurt your competitiveness (in fact most will help).