I was listening to an interesting audio program today and the author made a challenging point about telling the truth, both in business and in your personal life. He claimed that the truth is always better than lies.
Now most people are faced with situations in life where telling a falsehood might protect someone they care about. We rationalize the abandonment of the truth by protecting someone or something. The author makes that case that this is not acceptable. Great point, what do you think?
I think that we need to protect the truth of course. However, it is awefully tempting to lie when it is convenient to us. Now lets take this to the corporate level. Is this what the executives are doing at the companies whose scandals we have heard and read about?
One of the problems with most lies is that they need to be covered up by continued lies. In this case, it is clear, the truth needs to be protected in business in order to protect the integrity of the companies involved.
In your business life, protect the truth, even when it is the difficult road to take, it is the right road. Admit your mistakes, make your reports honest, and take responsibility. That is a much better road to progress in your career than any type of non-truth.
The author also discusses how non-truths and other wrong deeds lead to other events that result from such decisions. Often, the short-term gain coming from a wrong doing are outweighed in the end by the consequences. This is further reason for protecting the truth.
1 comment:
Yes, I completely agree with this... because Dad always taught me to tell the truth, no matter how hard it is sometimes.
And no matter how wrong the road is that a person might currently be on, they can always turn back and try again to do what's right. It's called integrity.
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