Unedited 11/9/08
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Businesses sometimes trade other businesses for goods and services. One of the enjoyable nectars of business is having a good trading partner. But, like any relationship it can be exploited by cunning people. The attitude of some traders is that they take wholesale and give retail in return for a trade. Since a trade is difficult to enforce there is a tendency by cleaver people to "deal down" the trade. They do this by making themselves unavailable when their trading partner needs them. They become difficult to deal with and make a succession of excuses putting of the time when they might pay the debt. The ethics of trading regards the degree of intent both partners had when the deal was made. If a person has a history of not repaying debts in a spirited way it is not likely they ever had any intent of fully repaying their trading partner.

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