ANDILE KHUMALO: In the downfall of two business leaders lies a lesson
Business leaders across the board have a lot to learn from the downfall of Lamberti and Malaba
One of the longest-standing maxims of polite society is the idea that privilege entails responsibility. In a world that is fundamentally made up of the poor majority and the rich elites, there is a long-standing moral question of how the burden of privilege should be handled. Privilege itself manifests in many forms - socially, culturally, racially and financially. Perhaps no other country in the world represents the intersection of this better than South Africa. The country remains a binary contrast between a small elite - dominated by white males and the emerging black class - and an overwhelming majority that possesses little in the way of privilege. Living in such a society therefore places a burden on some to remain ever-vigilant about how their privilege manifests itself. Mark Lamberti recently resigned from various senior positions in the corporate sector. This followed a judgment involving a former employee of AMH, which was a subsidiary of the Imperial Group led by Lamberti...
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