
CHAPTER 8
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Absolute Honesty Law 6:
Build a Platform of Integrity
‘‘ The time is always right to do what is right.’’
— M
ARTIN
L
UTHER
K
ING
J
R
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CHARLIE IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. WHEN HE STARTED,
back in the seventies, he and his crew worked with various gen-
eral contractors, framing walls and roofs on tract housing. One
of these contractors had a reputation for shoddy work; intolera-
ble working conditions; and an ethic that said get every house
done in the least amount of time, at the lowest cost possible,
even if you have to cut corners to do it. When Charlie and his
crew had an opportunity to work for this guy, Charlie was hesi-
tant—but it was 1974, ...