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The importance of being ethical

by HARVEY MACKAY
| October 12, 2025 1:00 AM

A famous pianist was asked to judge a piano competition, with the contestants graded on a scale of one to 20. The pianist listened intently and personally gave each contestant a grade.

On examining the scorecards marked by Rubinstein, the event sponsors were aghast to discover that most of the students had received zeros and only a few received 20s. There were no intermediate scores. Shocked, they asked the pianist to explain himself.

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