The Law of Small Things: Creating a Habit of Integrity in a Culture of Mistrust
Language: English
Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2019
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- Title
- The Law of Small Things: Creating a Habit of Integrity in a Culture of Mistrust
- Author
- Brody, Stuart H.
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1523098139
- ISBN 13
- 9781523098132
We are living in a time when dishonesty and duplicity are common in our public institutions, our workplaces, and even in our personal relationships. But by recognizing and resisting the small, seemingly inconsequential ways we make moral compromises in our own lives, we can repair the tear in our social and moral fabric.
The Law of Small Things begins with an IQ (Integrity Quotient) test designed to reveal the casual way we regard our promises and the misconceptions we have about acting truthfully. It depicts these and other deceptions we deploy to appear to act with integrity without actually doing so.
The Law of Small Things also exposes how our culture encourages breaches of integrity through an array of “permitted promise-breaking,” a language of clichés that equates self-interest with duty, and the “illusion of inconsequence” that excuses small breaches with the breezy confidence that we can fulfill integrity when it counts.
Brody challenges the prevailing notion that integrity is a possession you hold permanently. No one “has integrity” and no one is perfect in practicing it. What we have is the opportunity to uphold promises and fulfill duties in each situation that faces us, large and small. Ultimately, developing skill in the practice of integrity leads us to knowledge of who we are—not in the way the culture defines us, but in the way we truly know ourselves to be.
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