NAME:

DEEPAK JAGESSOR

ID:

TPC 11215

PROJECT TITLE:
Integrity

Essay

SOURCES:

Internet

DATE:

18/04/2015

on

Honesty

and

Honesty and Integrity

Honesty and integrity are defined as qualities that allow an
individual to do the right thing as often and as much as possible,
and when they have done they wrong thing admit to what they
have done. Honesty is the adherence to the facts and sincerity.
To perform honestly would be: to tell the truth, to be able to be
trustworthy, to not cheat and to be true to yourself. Honesty is
doing the right thing, integrity; following through and being able
to be counted on, trustworthy; you will not take credit, money or
rewards for things you didnt perform or do, fairness/ honor;
meaning what u say, sincerity; and finally you will act and
explain yourself as you truly are, genuine. When a person is
dishonest they will act in a way that they know is wrong and, if
asked to explain, will proceed to lie about what they have done.
Being dishonest usually will catch up with the person. If
dishonesty lets them get too far, it will go to their head and will
take it to an extreme, making it much better to start out
honestly.
Honesty is a great virtue which is adored all over the world. It is
rare to find a truly honest man. A man is born with the quality of
honesty, and then, it depends how he is brought up by his
parents. If the parents are themselves honest, it cannot be
confidently said that their children will also be honest, although
the children of honest parents are generally found to be honest
and disciplined in life. As the sun is known to all by its light and
energy, so an honest person can also be identified by his nature
and behaviour. An honest man succeeds in life better than a
dishonest man. He is trusted by the people, and respected for his
moral character. A dishonest person may cheat some people
some time, but not all the time.
The Bible says, "Our sin will find us out". Dishonesty is a sin
which must come out sooner or later. A dishonest person is hated
and disbelieved by all, and does not get support or sympathy
from anyone. Thus his life becomes miserable.
History tells us how honest men in the world have prospered in
life by their hard labour and sincere efforts. An honest man
becomes morally strong. He keeps his head high in the society.
His character is like a sharp sword made of stainless steel. To err

is human. If an honest man commits a mistake or does anything

wrong, he will be excused by the people, because everyone will
accept the fact that he must have done it by mistake or
ignorance. But if the same misdeed is committed by a dishonest
man, they will not excuse him, because none believes him.
Thus an honest man moves in the society freely like pure and
sacred flower spreading sweet smell in all directions. But when a
dishonest man is met on the road, people try to avoid his sight or
company lest they should fall into his evil trap or get into some
trouble for nothing. So it is said, 'honesty is the best policy'. One,
who remains honest all his life, honesty becomes his goodwill in
the life's game. It is honesty that leads him to his goal. He
becomes fearless, straightforward, outspoken, and possesses
clear conception of everything on earth; and hence he is capable
of taking correct decision and giving faultless judgement in any
matter.
Integrity goes hand in hand with honesty, seeing that each
word uses the other in its definition. Integrity is the quality or
state of being undivided. It is moral soundness, honesty, and
freedom from corrupting influence or motive. It can be used
especially with reference to the fulfilment of contracts, the
discharge of agencies, or trusts. Integrity allows a person to be
proud of what kind of morals they have, what kind of things they
do and are proud and unafraid to tell the truth. If a person with
integrity has done something wrong, than they probably did not
purposely do it and are absolutely fine with admitting to it and
taking responsibility for it.
Honesty and integrity also have a meaning for me. I will do
my best not to do the wrong thing but if I have chosen to do so,
for me to be honest, I will tell the truth to my parents, teachers,
friends and anyone I speak to or come in contact with. Telling the
truth, no matter what the consequences are, in the long run it is
for the better. I have owned up to my mistakes, such as
borrowing a disk, rather than being ignorant and lying that I had
nothing to do with it. But, next time, not taking the disk is the
first thing is the lesson I have learned. It was stupid in the first
place, and integrity is what allows me to write this essay.

Honesty and integrity are extremely important aspects or

character traits that will earn respect and honour, if used.
Disregarding them would be a mistake, making it very hard to
get by throughout life. And if a habit of doing the right thing is
made, lying would absolutely never be necessary.
In my opinion I think that integrity is a strong part of my
character. Integrity is hard to explain but a big portion of it is
controlled by the values that you choose to have in your life. The
values that I find most important in my life are honesty, and
religion. With these as my most important values I am sure to
achieve the highest integrity possible. The way that values and
morals relate to integrity is that you need both to achieve
greatness with out you values there is no possible way to truly
achieve integrity.
In my opinion my greatest value would have to be honesty. The
reason that I chose this as my most important value is because
without honesty I cant achieve the goals that I have set before
myself in my life. With honesty as my most important value I am
insured to reach success. The success of having a good integrity
is high in my life. I try my best and do what is needed to reach
that goal. The way that this plays a role in my life is say for
example a person drops a 20 dollar bill now a person without
honesty would keep the 20 but I myself can honestly say that I
would give it back without hesitation. The reason that I can say
this is because it just happened the other day at work a lady had
bought a bunch of food that had totaled up to 20 dollars she
handed me a 50 and started to walk away but before she could I
had brought it to her attention that she had given me a 50 I
handed her the change she thanked me greatly and walked
away. Knowing that I did this I can truly say that I am an honest
person.
Thus, we can see that honesty and integrity are fundamental
ingredients that are required for healthy living in society, and
that it should be cultivated by one and all for the betterment of
mankind.