Lie and Honesty

“Honesty” "Honesty is the best policy" and "cheaters never win" are among the best known sayings of all times, but are they true? Reality shows that society's deep respect for these principles is betrayed by the fact that, all too often, it is the liars and cheaters we reward. The good “honest” person doesn’t always win. Honesty is a trait that is very rare in this day and time. It is not uncommon to hear about individuals who are busted for lying, cheating or stealing. So where have all the good honest true people gone. Well we just don’t hear about the good someone does verses those who live their life by being dishonest and unfaithful.

Before we started discussing honesty I just thought it related to personal relationships. I didn’t at first think about how much it relates to your professional life, and how a person is judged by their personal characteristics at work. Honesty is an important factor that make a loyal and trustworthy employee. Every employer looks for that staff member who they can trust to get the job done and do it with integrity. So often we hear about people who lose their job over ridiculous choices. For example, always being consistently late, or misusing sick leave. These examples may seem petty but in the long run it adds up.

Webster dictionary gives a very clear simple definition of the word. “Honesty refers to a person of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as truthfulness and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating or theft. Honesty means being trustworthy. Honesty also means straight forward conduct.” So basically honesty is a person who doesn’t lie, cheat, or steal. They are loyal and true to themselves and others. Is honesty something that everyone is born with? Well our characteristics start to form at childhood. It is important to consider developmental and environmental factors when studying honesty. Children are born into a social and cultural setting