|
Word‑1.
|
What You Said:
|
|
Whatever you have said you will do or will not do, and in the case
of do, by when you said you would do it;
|
|
Word‑2.
|
What You Know:
|
|
Whatever you know to do or know not to do, and in the case of do,
doing it as you know it is meant to be done and doing it on time,
unless you have explicitly said to the contrary;
|
|
Word‑3.
|
What Is Expected:
|
|
Whatever you are expected to do or not do (even when not
explicitly expressed), and in the case of do, doing it on time,
unless you have explicitly said to the contrary;
|
|
Word‑4.
|
What You Say Is So:
|
|
Whenever you have given your
word
to others as to the existence of some thing or some state of the
world, your word includes being willing to be held accountable that
the others would find your evidence for what you have asserted also
makes what you have asserted valid for themselves;
|
|
Word‑5.
|
What You Stand For:
|
|
What you stand for is fundamental to who you are for yourself and
who you are for others. What you stand for is a declaration
constituted by
|
1)
|
who you hold yourself to be for yourself as that for which you
can be counted on from yourself (whether specifically
articulated by you or not), and
|
|
2)
|
who you hold yourself out to be for others as that for which
you can be counted on by others (or have allowed others to
believe as that for which you can be counted on).
|
|
|
Word‑6.
|
Moral, Ethical And Legal Standards:
|
|
The social moral standards, the group ethical standards and the
governmental legal standards of right and wrong, good and bad
behavior, in the society, groups and state in which one enjoys the
benefits of membership are also part of one's
word
(what one is expected to do) unless
|
a)
|
one has explicitly and publicly expressed an intention to not
keep one or more of these standards, and
|
|
b)
|
one is willing to bear the costs of refusing to conform to
these standards (the rules of the game one is in).
|
|
