帝企鹅日记观后感英语作文“does honest pay off？”

Does honest pay off ?

Nowadays, children are often taught to be honest but only to find out the

truth that they are surrounded by lots of lies; Teachers get annoyed when

they

catch

students

cheating

in

the

exams

or

copy

their

homework

by

Google;

Consumers

are

exposed

to

a

world

of

unqualified

products…Frankly

speaking,

we

are

living

in

a

society

that

calls

for

honesty.

Honesty,

by

the

common

consent,

is

one

of

the

most

commendable

virtues of mankind. It’s said that “honesty may be dear bough

t, but can

never be an ill penny worth”. However, does honesty really pay off?

It may take risks and courage to be honest sometimes, especially when

we

are

caught

in

a

dilemma.

“What

would

you

do

if

you

discover

the

scandal of the dishonest behavior in yo

ur company”, such question was

asked to business school students, and the answers are quite astonishing.

Over 60% of the students choose to remain silence for the fear of harming

their own merits.

Why

do people

cheat?

One

of

the

reasons

is

that

many

people

believe

cheating is not only a convenient mean of solving problems, but also can

bring

them

immediate

interest.

Take

infant

milk

powder

accident

as

an

example.

Sanlu

used

to

be

one

of

the

best- selling

and

trustworthy

companies,

which

enjoyed

tremendous

popularity.

Unfortunately,

they

took the wrong step by cheating so as to maximize their profits. Finally,