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Andy, in many ways, was someone we all knew didn't have a strong moral compass.

Narrator lays out the setup · Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Andy, in many ways, was someone we all knew didn't have a strong moral compass.

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It's almost like Jeff Skilling said, 'okay, we're hitting some troubled times.

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1Andy, in many ways, was someone we all knew didn't have a strong moral compass .
In the sceneSomeone judges Andy at the outset as a man the group already knew was ethically unsteady.
Everyday exampleI moved out because he had no moral compass on shared bills.
Everyday exampleEveryone in the office knew the cashier had no real moral compass.
2It's almost like Jeff Skilling said, 'okay, we're hitting some troubled times.
3Let's set up Andy so we can fill the earnings' holes when we need to', knowing that Andy would probably skim a little bit off each transaction for himself.
4There's a 'Body Heat' kind of angle to this, you know, where Skilling is Kathleen Turner and Andy is William Hurt.
5You know, in the end, he got suckered into helping all the executives meet their earnings .

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It judges him, quotes the plan, then recasts his help as a trap.

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