Global Q&A: ‘Do you believe honesty is the best policy?’

Across the globe, in general, honesty is seen as the best policy to form a solid foundation in life.
Global Q&A: ‘Do you believe honesty is the best policy?’
Pitalito, Huila, Colombia: Zulema Yiset Melendez, 19, Saleswoman: To me, honesty is best. With an honest person, one has some sort of backup to believe in him, or her. Politics is rather corrupt, it promises one thing, and its actions are another.
Epoch Times Staff
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Across the globe, in general, honesty is seen as the best policy to form a solid foundation in life, as against dishonesty that has many destructive features, where no one wins. This is what Epoch Times reporters from places like Colombia and the United Arab Emirates discovered when they asked locals, “Do you believe honesty is the best policy?”

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “Is volunteer work valued in your country or seen as less serious?”