Honestidad en el trabajo

From when we were small, we were always told that lying is bad and that we should always be honest no matter what happens. However, right now, lying seems to be a way of life. People lie everyday forunimportant things like how someone looks to more serious things like saving a person’s life. Lying is certainly not something good but there are some situations when lying is acceptable and it’s abetter decision.

A lie can be acceptable if it is said to avoid hurting someone’s feelings and lower his self-esteem. For example if a girl asks her friend weather or not she looks good in her newoutfit, her friend would be justified to lie and say that she does, even though she doesn’t, as she would be lying to avoid hurting her friend’s feelings. Telling a white lie is always acceptable if itis to prevent an unreasonable fight between two friends and avoid hurting someone’s feelings.

In addition, lying can also be acceptable in medical situations in order to encourage a patient andmake him fight for his life. If a patient that is ready to be operated asks his doctor if he would be okay, although the chances of survival may be little, it would be acceptable for the doctor to lieand say that everything would be alright as it will encourage the patient to keep fighting for his life. Instead if the doctor had said the truth, the patient would have been discouraged and hewouldn’t be willing to fight for his life anymore which could have had fatal results.

Moreover, telling a lie so as to save a person’s life is again acceptable. For example when in war, people are forcedto lie in order to save their lives. In such situations telling the truth would have meant the end of a person’s life and nothing is more important than life so lying is absolutely acceptable as it isdone for good.

As a conclusion, I would say that the truth is a good thing, but sometimes it’s not the best one. Being honest is not always the right decision to make because a lie, even if it...