#remorse — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #remorse, aggregated by home.social.
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He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/82…
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Our repentance is not so much regret for the evil we have done, as fear of its consequences to us.
[Notre repentir n’est pas tant un regret du mal que nous avons fait, qu’une crainte de celui qui nous en peut arriver.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶180 (1665-1678) [ed. Gowens (1851), ¶187]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
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Top #DiversityEquityInclusion officer for #Nike sentenced to 5 years in #federalprison for nearly $5 million in alleged #ConArtist #kickback #fraud #schemes
She went from working at MTV/Viacom and #CoxCommunications and became a "Global #Diversity Program Manager" at #Facebook, where the #ERG exec issued millions in #Venmo, #PayPal and Ca$h App payments thru accounts of friends and relatives.
#Meta, determined her $4.9m #embezzlement schemes began within weeks of joining the #SocialMedia empire, who'd reputedly found her through posts on #LinkedIn, and employed her for 4 years before she moved in to #grift Nike. The Oregon based sportswear mfg giant, who also discovered fiscal irregularities under her aegis, told prosecutors her “complete lack of #accountability or #remorse was incredibly disappointing,”
The attached video shows Barbara Furlow-Smiles describing her inclusive #PayItForward #philosophy while engaging with young #JobSeekers before she was #terminated by #FacebookHQ.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/facebook-nike-furlow-smile-prison-fraud.html
