Lincoln had many nicknames during his lifetime—the Rail Splitter‚ The Great Emancipator‚ The Liberator‚ Father Abraham‚ Uncle Abe—but perhaps none of these is as widely recognized and referenced today as the nickname‚ “Honest Abe.” But do you know why people called Lincoln "Honest Abe?" The roots of this nickname start in his early working life. As a young man‚ Abraham Lincoln worked as a general store clerk. One evening he was counting the money in the drawers after closing and found that he was
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Honesty For me honesty could refer to a facet of moral character and connotes positive attributes along with the absence of lying and cheating. Furthermore‚ honesty is means being trustworthy‚ loyal and sincere. Honesty is so important that even it is constantely mentioned in passages of the Bible and other holly books. Once Benjamin Franklin said “Honesty is the best policy”‚ also Thomas Jefferson mentioned it in a letter to Nathaniel Macon‚ where he said “Honesty is the first chapter in the book
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To be honest is to be truthful‚ reliable‚ and not lie all at the same time. It means you don’t lie‚ and you don’t deceive. It is a genuine‚ heartfelt act and a sign of integrity. If you are honest‚ you are willing to tell the truth even at a loss. Although “honesty” is known by many people‚ they don’t seem to understand its true meaning. Usually‚ people think honesty and truthfulness are the same. But when you are truthful‚ a person will tell the truth out of respect for themselves and others. A
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What’s the Honest Company ? The Honest Company (sometimes Honest) is a consumer goods company‚ co-founded by Jessica Alba‚ that emphasizes non-toxic household products to supply the marketplace for ethical consumerism. The company is projected to do $150 million in 2014 sales and had an anticipated valuation of $1 billion as of November 2014. The company has raised multiple rounds of venture capital and anticipates an initial public offering in the near future. Honest serves the United States and
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Lost in this we seem to forget the morals and values that are the very basis of our existence and tend to believe that ’’everything is fair in love and war‚ even if it involves using unfair means or lying. Here we are faced with the question ’’is honesty always the best policy’’ . It is always better to speak the truth because if you are consistent with this policy‚ others will be afraid of you. This is because if your heart is pure‚ persons with impure mind find it difficult to hide their bad deeds
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Honesty The importance of being honest with yourself and others Honesty is always been difficult for others to do whether it’s to yourself or to others. People are not honest because they don’t want to get in trouble or they just ashamed or embarrass to tell the truth. Being honest is important because you don’t want to lose your parents and or friends trust in you. Once you start to lie it becomes a habit and that’s a habit that you don’t want to have and once you do it a
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HONEST TEA: The offering (Exhibit 20-12) shows the current structure of shareholders ("pre-fundraising") as well as the structure after the issuance of additional share-warrant packages to third round investors ("postfundraising") as indicated in the offering. NOTE: the offering indicates that warrants can be called and converted in case of a liquidity event (e.g.‚ trade sale‚ IPO or liquidation) if in-the-money. Those out-of-the-money become worthless. "Callable" means that the company/startup can
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My talk today is going to be about HONESTY. I chose this value because in my family‚ we value the importance of honesty. It is the value that we hold the highest regard for. Being honest is when you tell the truth. (No one believes a liar‚ even when they tell the truth. by Hans Christian Anderson. The boy who cried wolf). The Macquarie dictionary meaning for the word Honesty is: the quality or fact of being honest. Truthfulness‚ sincerity and frankness. Even though it may sometimes be difficult
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Jessica Lillquist Honest Tea Case Study 2/4/15 Financial Analysis of Honest Tea Through Honest Tea’s three years of business‚ their business shows some positive signs of a promising company. Since Honest Tea is a start-up company‚ it is understandable that their net income is in the negatives since their expenses will outweigh their sales‚ but as the three years have gone on‚ their net income has improved‚ and even increased by 74% from 1999 to 2000 from -$882‚359 to -$228‚879‚ which shows a positive
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Research Problem‚ Rationale‚ and Objectives Research Problem: Why are people dishonest? How do people choose between being honorable and being prosperous? And how do people create a sustainable level of dishonesty in their everyday lives while still maintaining a positive self-view? Rationale: Economic and psychological implications. Objectives: Investigate how external and internal rewards work in concert to produce (dis)honesty. Determine under what conditions will people behave more honestly/dishonestly
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