Showing posts with label Quakers witness to truth and integrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quakers witness to truth and integrity. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Quakers witness to truth and integrity

Quakers examples to witness to truth and integrity include such practices as:

* making sure that one's words and actions flow from one's beliefs
* speaking the truth, even when it is difficult
* paying people fair wages for their work
* giving one's employer the right amount of labor for one's pay
* saying difficult things with grace and tact
* receiving difficult sayings gracefully
* guarding one's reputation for honesty, fairness, and fidelity
* taking responsibility for one's actions and their results
* fulfilling one's commitments
* taking care of items entrusted to one
* being open to the ideas of others but not being too easily swayed by them
* confronting lapses in integrity in oneself and in others
* giving credit to others for their contributions
* assessing people and situations fairly and accurately
* avoiding spending beyond one's means through the use of credit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testimony_of_Integrity