Rare Stand on Principle

* Ethical behavior is not a dominant force in the corporate world. Chief executives are not paid for it and shareholders don’t reward it.

Jay Harris [“Publisher of San Jose Paper Quits to Protest Staff Layoffs,” March 20] is to be congratulated and admired for that rarest of executive decisions: to put principle ahead of profit.

BOB VOGEL

Solana Beach, Calif.

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