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What does it mean?
False accusations destroy a person's reputation and life even if they are later acquitted.
In plain terms
Accusations hurt people even if they are not guilty.
What can you take from it?
Reputation can be destroyed by accusation alone.

Where it applies

  • court cases
  • media scandals
  • workplace disputes

Putting it to work

  • protecting reputations
  • challenging false claims

Questions to consider

  • How do you judge others?
  • What if you are accused?

Another view

It does not address how to fix damage after the fact.

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