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When a Promise Isn't a Promise

When can you break a promise? NPR's Debbie Elliot and New York Times ethics columnist Randy Cohen respond to one listener's dilemma over whether or not he should break a committment and leave his job.

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Randy Cohen
Randy Cohen was born in Charleston, S.C., and raised in Reading, Pa. He attended graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts as a music major studying composition.