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In The Cheating Culture by David Callahan I found the following interesting: "available evidence suggests that Americans are not only cheating more in many areas but are also feeling less guilty about it.
When 'everybody does it,' or imagines that everybody does it, a cheating culture has emerged."
So at what point did "cheating" become acceptable? How many of us know someone who tends to "take the easy way out?"
On abcnews.com today I found a special report uncovering Countrywide and the "VIP Treatment" some top influential individuals receive when applying for mortgage loans. Does it surprise me? No. Not a week goes by in which I hear about an athlete, a famous person, governmental official or politicians that somehow "cheated" the system to get where they are.
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Thank you for this topic, Silvia. It's so important that we not allow ourselves to become any more complacent than we already have become. Honesty and ethics were once upon a time always expected by the people when judging their leaders - whether the leaders were employers, pastors or governmental officials. In the last decade, we have learned of pastors (and priests) that behaved badly, heads of corporations that have behaved badly and elected officials that have violated their oaths and duties. We risk getting accustomed to it and forgetting that it was not always this way.
Anger is important. We should avoid apathy about this! Thanks for reminding us,
Posted by Nora Thomason
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June 14, 2008 10:49 AM
Posted on June 14, 2008 10:49