Chapter 18. Honesty and Integrity
I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second. | ||
| --Thomas Jefferson, U S president. Letter, June 15, 1792, to John Garland Jefferson.The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 24, p. 82, ed. Julian P. Boyd, et al., 1950. | ||
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Do the individuals in the company enjoy a reputation for high honesty and integrity? High honesty and integrity for an entrepreneur could mean something different from what it means to a seasoned veteran senior vice president at General Motors. The entrepreneur may have a much simpler view of integrity and honesty rooted in the Golden Rule. The ...
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