Do the right thing!

"It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society.  When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime."  ~Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

       Sometimes it seems easier to “stretch the truth” a little rather than deal with the repercussions of missing a deadline. There are times I'm awoken by my screeching alarm indicating that I need to to get moving and start getting ready for work. As I hit the snooze button a third time I start contemplating how to get out of going to work. My mind starts coming up with different excuses like; "I feel achy, I over slept, or I have the flu," comes to mind. Then there are the times in school where you get lazy and forget to due an assignment or miss a quiz and "stretch the truth" but fudging the facts on what really happened. Like "My computer was glitchy, or my car broke down." Anything to get out of doing something or to cover our tracks. But is it worth it in the long run? Out in the real world you decide not to show up or start slacking off, you won't get paid or even worse get fired. Ethics is a system of moral principles.  Which means that you try to do what is correct. Ethical communication encompasses being honest in all communications, keeping confidential information confidential, and not discussing the personal or business situations of others in public or in front of a third party. The bottom line is do the right thing and as much as it might suck don't take short cuts. The only person it hurt is yourself!