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I can't figure it out, minus 2 for me BUT for the 100th time, is it whom or which?

"...a group of people for whom I have the utmost respect for."

OR

"...a group of people for which I have the utmost respect for."

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Relative who can refer to people either as individuals or as a collective group.

The directors of ABC, Ltd are people for whom I have the utmost respect.
The Board of ABC, Ltd is a group for whom I have the utmost respect.

Relative which can only refer to 'non-personal' or 'neuter' entities, so *a group of people for which I have the utmost respect can only mean that you have respect for the group, an entity which can be construed as non-personal:

The Board of ABC, Ltd. is a group for which I have the utmost respect.

But as a practical matter you should avoid putting the interpretive burden on the relative. When you speak of a group of people for who/which..., you are pretty much setting your sentence up to sound awkward whichever relative you use. You can preclude that by unambiguously identifying the object of your respect as individuals with a plural noun or as a collective with a singular noun.

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