Article October 21, 2002 Issue

the demand for HONESTY hits home

By Stephen Lapointe

Maybe The Whole Debacle Started with a single lie. That thought occurred to me earlier this year as I watched Enron unravel as a company. Maybe it was a well-intentioned lie. But it didn't take me too long to start asking myself some difficult questions.

Do I stretch the truth sometimes because it seems harmless, or because I don't want to hurt someone's feelings?

Do I ever use exaggeration to make a personal accomplishment seem more significant?

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About the author

Stephen Lapointe is a Web developer for the United Nations Environment Programme. He telecommutes from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the home office in Arendal, Norway.

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