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What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest

Totally Honest. Shady, but OK. Totally Dishonest. 1 2 3 4 5. What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest. Telling a lie. 1% 98%.

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What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest

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  1. Totally Honest Shady, but OK Totally Dishonest 1 2 3 4 5 What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest Telling a lie 1% 98% Situation:A guy tells his parents he is going to a specific friend’s home, but actually only stops at that friend’s house on the way to someone else’s home. 1% 3% 20% 41% 35 %

  2. Totally Honest Shady, but OK Totally Dishonest 1 2 3 4 5 What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest Spreading Gossip 5% 94% Situation:While talking with a friend on the phone a person tells that friend something that is confidential about another friend. 3% 4% 11% 25% 58 %

  3. Totally Honest Shady, but OK Totally Dishonest 1 2 3 4 5 What do you consider the following: Honest or Dishonest Taking something that doesn’t belong to you 2% 97% Situation: A person receives back too much change after paying for lunch, and keeps it. 2% 4% 14% 22% 59%

  4. Which is worse? Cheating Stealing No Difference 2% 36% 59% Lying Tax Evasion No Difference 19% 23% 55% Gossiping Shoplifting No Difference 7% 46% 44%

  5. The “Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth,” a study of the habits of 12, 474 students in grades 9-12, found: 2000 2002 % of students who admitted cheating on a test at least once within the past year. % that had lied to their parents in the last year. % that had lied to their teachers. % that said they would lie to get a job. 70% 74% 92% 93% 78% 83% 28% 37% (Information obtained from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org)

  6. However, given these responses, students ironically, overwhelmingly (95%) indicated that they agreed with the following statement: It is important to me that people trust me. (Information obtained from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org)

  7. Surveys Indicate: Students do know whether an act is honest or dishonest. Students will often respond according to their perceived best end. Students see degrees of honesty.

  8. Surveys Indicate: Students do know whether an act is honest or dishonest. Students will often respond according to their perceived best end. Students see degrees of honesty. Students do not fully understand the benefits of honesty and/or the consequences of dishonesty.

  9. Rebuilding Trust Punitive costs of broken trust MilitaryParents Loss of specific privileges Loss of good standing in the wing Administrative sanctions Loss of specific privileges Loss of proper standing in the home More notification required

  10. Rebuilding Trust Rehabilitative costs of broken trust Military(Honor Probation)Parents REFLECTION No early release from probation. No exceptions. REFLECTION No early release from period of disciplinary action. No exceptions.

  11. Rebuilding Trust Rehabilitative costs of broken trust Military(Honor Probation)Parents REHABILITATION A presentation at the beginning and end of probation Keeping a daily journal w/entries about honor, integrity, morals, & values REHABILITATION Secure a written commitment to telling the truth Assign a book or chapter of book for reading on honesty/integrity

  12. Rebuilding Trust Rehabilitative costs of broken trust Military(Honor Probation)Parents REHABILITATION Counseling Meet with a mentor Complete a project, which educates the whole wing on honor and integrity REHABILITATION Meet together to pray Meet with a mentor Apologize to the whole family, asking for their forgiveness

  13. Rebuilding Trust Rehabilitative costs of broken trust Military(Honor Probation)Parents RESTORATION Evaluation & completion RESTORATION Evaluate and grant your trust. No matter what is done to earn back your trust, you, at some point, must grant it.

  14. Keep the first commandment. Loving God is a passion that requires cultivation, discipline, and renewal. Stay focused on a vision. A shared vision or mission keeps me focused on what is important and that which ultimately bears lasting fruit in my life. Live in community. I need help for True North living. I will find a friend or friends who will keep me accountable to stay on True North.

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