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When honesty disappears
当诚实消失时
"Is anybody truly honest?" As numerous accounts of cheating, lying, and fraud
crowd
our
newspaper
pages
and
TV
news,
it
seems
that
honesty
is
a
rapidly
vanishing value. And the reports indicate that, around the globe, corruption and
dishonesty are so widespread that the health and well-being of society are at risk.
These reports include stories such as the students who faced criminal charges for
selling in advance copies of a university final exam, a student who was expelled
when he turned in a term paper with the purchase receipt for it still inside the
pages, and a clerk who ran his own Christmas cards through the office postage
meter and was found out when he sent one of the cards to the company treasurer!
We have all read or heard accounts such as these, not to mention the stories of
dishonesty amongst all layers of society as exemplified by consumers who steal
and politicians who demand bribes. Travelers ripped off so many towels last year
that it cost a major hotel chain $3 million to replace them. Especially troubling are
the reports that dishonesty is increasing amongst student populations around the
world.
“有真正诚实的人吗??/p>
我们的报纸版面和电视新闻充斥着不计其数的有关欺骗?/p>
说谎和诈
骗的报道?/p>
诚实似乎已经成为正在迅速消失的价值观?/p>
而且这些报道表明?/p>
全球范围内腐?/p>
和不诚实现象蔓延范围之广已经危及到了社会的安康?/p>
这些报道中包括诸如此类的故事?/p>
?/p>
生因考试前贩卖大学期末考题而面临犯罪指控;
一名学生因提交买来的?/p>
还夹着收据的学?/p>
论文而被勒令退学;
一名职员用公司的邮资机来邮寄自己的圣诞贺卡?/p>
他在寄了一张贺卡给
公司的财务主管后被发现!
我们都读过或听过类似的事情,
更别说社会各层面存在的种种不
诚实行为?/p>
如偷窃东西的顾和索取贿赂的政客?/p>
去年一年,
一家大型连锁酒店的大量毛巾?/p>
游客偷走,酒店因此花费了
300
万美元来添置新毛巾。尤其令人担忧的是,世界范围内有
关学生不诚实行为的报道越来越多?/p>
But are these reports truly accurate or do they exaggerate the situation? Should
we be alarmed by these accounts of falling standards of principles and morality?
The assumption is that student dishonesty is more extensive now than it was 20,
50, 100 years ago. If so, what's behind it? If this is indeed the case, it's deeply
troubling as today's students are tomorrow's leaders! It's possible that the desire
to cheat is no greater than in the past. However, the critical importance of having
a
university
degree
may
have
increased
the
pressure
to
cheat
in
academic
environments.
不过这些报道确实是真实的还是言过其实了呢?我们该不该因这些关于行为准则和道德水
准下降的报道而感到不安呢?人们认定现在学生中的不诚实现象?/p>
20
年?/p>
50
年或
100
年前更为广泛?/p>
如果是这样,
其背后的原因是什么呢?如果情况确实属实,
那就令人十分?/p>
心了?/p>
因为今天的学生就是未来的领袖?/p>
也许现在学生骗人的欲望并不比从前大?/p>
然而,?/p>
于大学学位至关重要,这可能给学生带来更大的压力,使他们在学术上造假?/p>
Undoubtedly, modern technology facilitates the means and opportunities to cheat.