For those who forgo truthfulness in academia, how do you expect the world to view you in your profession? If you turn in another’s work product in school, will you not do the same in your professional life? This could have extreme consequences, especially if you are in a life-and-death profession and do not have the necessary underpinnings in your education because you were not truthful and you have been using the work of another.

A lack of truthfulness in your academic life will turn into a reputation of an untrustworthy worker in your profession and an untrustworthy person in your life.

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There is much argument about WMD’s and statements that led to the current situation in Iraq. If Saddam Hussein had been truthful and open with weapon inspectors the UN wouldn’t have imposed sanctions and passed numerous resolutions threatening force.

There are lots of guides about relationship and dating that say honesty and truthfulness are the key to any relationship and that without it there can be no foundation on which to build.

I hope that gives you some ideas for different directions you can take the topic.