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Honesty is a behavior that conforms to the values of truth and justice. It can also be understood as the respect for the truth and the rights of others. To be honest is to be sincere, frank, not to have ulterior motives in dealing with other people; not take advantage of the possible weaknesses or situations of inferiority of other individuals.
The quality of honesty it is nourished by the teachings of our elders, which we receive at home from a young age, but also from everyday example: that is why it is essential that society as a whole assumes the importance of honesty as a value.
When we read as news that a taxi driver found a briefcase with money in his car and returned it to its owner, we are participating in an act of honesty, highly commendable and that should be imitated. But the fact that this is news tells us that it is not common; therefore, honesty seems to be more the exception than the norm.
Examples of honesty
- If a product is sold at a lower price than normal because it has some fault, tell the buyer.
- If we witness a theft or accident, demonstrate before the police or judge things as we saw them.
- Keeping citizens informed with the truth (rulers and journalists).
- If someone makes a mistake when giving us a change, let them know and not keep that money, which does not correspond to us.
- Don't cheat on an exam, or help another colleague to do it
- Not lie in the information provided in a resume.
- Acknowledge it if we are wrong.
- Differentiate and explicitly recognize the merits of others, especially if they could seem ours.
- Pay in a timely manner the obligations contracted.
- Not get on the train without paying ticket.
- Do not steal electrical energy on public roads.
- Do not accept jobs that we will not be able to fulfill, due to lack of time or capacity.
- Report if a means of public transport is not in conditions if used and it can become a serious danger for users (drivers, technical personnel).
- Close premises that do not have security conditions regarding fires (inspectors).
- Do not prescribe remedies or studies that the person does not need (doctors).
- Have the fine print read who is about to sign a contract.
- Tell a patient the risks they are running before undergoing surgery.
- Return found objects
- Warn if someone counts on us for a task and we know in advance that we will not be able to assume it.
- Don't buy illegal movies or video games.
Honest people
Being honest implies acting with rectitude, not lying, not taking what does not belong to us, not assuming commitments that we will not be able to fulfill, not generating vain expectations in the other, in short, act in the way we would like others to act with us or with our loved ones.
Proceed honestly it is a personal decision and is incorporated into the way of life of each one; it is an unwritten but permanent code that is always present in our behavior.
The value of honesty is essential for it to exist trust and harmony between human beings, and includes a coherent way of living between what is thought or said and what is finally done.
Accept your own mistakes and ensure that third parties are not blamed for them, don't join in gossip or criticism from other people, be discreet and able to keep some questions in reserve, be transparent in handling money that is not your own, be responsable Y not be an accomplice of other people's faults that they are clear before our eyes is a fundamental part of honesty.
Unfortunately, the impunity against the crime; the exaltation of the "liveliness" and the success of "Rogues" that they achieve things with little effort, and the little encouragement that those who defend their principles and convictions receive despite the difficulties that this may mean.
