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Was Rockefeller A Criminal Or Unethical?

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Although, it was never proven for Rockefeller to be involved in misconduct he blame criminal and unethical actions on subordinates. He had criticists accusing him of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry. Therefore, in sense he conspired to scheme people out of the oil refineries. By the standards of his day no there was no law that prohibited him from acquiring all oil competitors. Business people were a lot more ruthless then. His business strategies worked for him during those days. However, there were people who opposed him by boycotting him. By today standards yes Rockefeller acted unethical. He became one of the
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