“An honest man is the
noblest work of God.” –Robert Burns
“Honesty” they say “is the best policy.” In business,
dishonesty might give you some mileage but it is sure to end up in disaster.
Once you are caught cheating, you may end up losing even all that you honestly
earned. This is a heavy price to pay for a short period of dishonesty. Cheating
is the commonest form of dishonesty in the business world. This should be
avoided at all costs by those who hope to go far in business. Honesty may not
get you instant hefty profits but it is guaranteed to insure you for small and
steady profits over a prolonged period of time. This is more desirable than the
dishonest way out for instant and huge gratification. In year 2001, the sudden
crash of Enron Corporation, a frontline Service Company in the US is a typical
example of what happens when a business is run by dishonest people. When the
Regulatory Authorities moved in, most of those who called the shots in the
Company at the time of the shady-deals were given heavy fines and jail terms
which will stigmatize them for life. When the law moved in, they must have been
asking themselves, “Was it all worth it?”
