Why Reputation Is Fickle
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” (Warren Buffett)
Reputation is what people estimate about an individual’s character, attainments and values. Organisations and countries have reputations too.
Losing one’s good reputation doesn’t take long; a single misstep, a single act of indiscretion or dishonesty is…