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Integrity in Business
Self-interest is a common human trait. We act in certain directions because we believe it will be good for ourselves. How important that we understand what good really is, so that we won't be fooled by shady methods and shoddy goals!
Sometimes a goal seems so right or alluring that we are tempted to justify questionable means for reaching it. Throughout human history this sophistry has been a troublemaker, and more than occasionally we see it rearing its nasty head in the business world of the nineteen seventies. But it's a self-defeating ploy both for an individual and an organization.
Dishonest methods sometimes promise—and seem to deliver— quick results, short-term gains, but in the long draw they fail miserably and destroy reputation and self-respect. No asset is so valuable as an unblemished reputation earned through fair dealing, and nothing satisfies more than wholesome self-respect based on integrity. A writer in the book of Proverbs knew what he was talking about when he said, "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." Prov. 22:1;
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September 25, 1971 issue
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Progress Without Negative By-products
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Are We Seeing Man Correctly?
MARVIN J. CHARWAT
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Each of God's Children Is Special
MARJORIE D. HAMLIN
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Needed—Light-shiners
LAURA FRETZ SCHUMAKER
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Right Relationships Are in Mind
JACK CLARKE NELSON
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ISRAEL THINKS OF ESAU: EVENING
Paul Osborne Williams
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Searching for Good Health?
JOHN H. WILLIAMS
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Are We Respecting Nature's Law?
NEIL MARTIN
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Finders Keepers?
VIRGINIA A. MILLER
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Death Is No Friend
Carl J. Welz
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Integrity in Business
Alan A. Aylwin
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The Master, Christ Jesus, said, "The Comforter, which is the...
Gertrude Hyde with contributions from Joel Harry Benson, Mary Alma Benson
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In the Manual of The Mother Church Mrs. Eddy writes, "Gratitude...
Judith M. Osmycki
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Since my early childhood I have enjoyed the benefits of Christian Science...
Zane A. Dover with contributions from Fern L. Dover
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Many more blessings have been mine since my last testimony...
Ruth Fletcher Common