Honesty

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as in an honest face
5. Genuine or unadulterated, as in honest commodities
6. Truthful; creditable; candid”

Therefore, one can, by reading the definition above, assume the definition of ‘honest’ to be fair, truthful, trustworthy, earned fairly.

Another example would be: You are at a supermarket check out counter and you are paying for ice-cream, bread, fish, ham, and bacon which comes to a total of $43. It is your turn to pay and you hand the girl at the counter a $50 note. However, she is colour blind and carelessly mistakes your $50 note for a $100 note. She then hands you a big wad of bank notes as change. There is already a huge line forming behind you because it is 4:40pm (supermarket closes at 5:00pm). Once again, there are two options. You can (A) Just accept the fact that it was her mistake to not notice it was a $50 and not a $100 note. Therefore, you just take the change and leave the supermarket before the checkout girl realises her mistake. Or you ...

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but the sinful adolescent has already left. After the gates have been closed, the store manager summons you to his office to have one of his ‘little chats’. You immediate think of the worst-case scenario, could you have been fired? When you reach his office, he vividly tells you about the mistake, which you had unknowingly made just minutes earlier. He then continues to tell you that the sum of money will be taken out of your fortnightly pay cheque. ‘Phew!’ You think to yourself as relief sweeps over your whole body. However, you are also devastated, you desperately need money to repair your refrigerator. As you leave the store manager’s office, you would probably be thinking, ‘If ...

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