On August 25, 2017, Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. and the heir to the Samsung empire, was convicted of bribery and sentenced to five years in prison. Lee’s conviction immediately sent shockwaves throughout the corporate world.  To put Jae-yong’s verdict in context, Sa
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