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Ted Kaufman: “I do not want people sitting around in their office on Wall Street saying, Well, you know, we have kind of been doing…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2010
I do not want people sitting around in their office on Wall Street saying, Well, you know, we have kind of been doing this, and it has kind of worked for us, so we are going to keep doing it.
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

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Kaufman emphasizes the need for deterrence against unethical behavior on Wall Street.

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