
65LAW #1: TELL THE TRUTH
and such conversations are uncomfortable. Finally, the manager’s
assistant mentions to him that other employees resent the fact that
‘‘Jeff ’’ can come in any old time he wants, while they are required to
be punctual. Saved by the assistant! He will now actually go talk to
Jeff. However, if he had been vigilant and applied real-time honesty
as the problem occurred, it wouldn’t have grown into a potential
teamwide, flood-from-the-ceiling morale problem.
Or consider the director of a medical facility who suspects that
her accounting manager is overbilling the government for Medicaid
reimbursement. She knows she should question