The Law of Small Things: Creating a Habit of Integrity in a Culture of Mistrust
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Your IQ (Integrity Quotient): A Quiz -- Introduction -- I. A Short Story about a "Chicago Politician -- II. Another Story about Politicians and about Us -- III. What Does It Mean to Practice Integrity? -- IV. The Pitfalls of Human Reasoning -- V. The Illusion of Moral Competence -- VI. Reimagining Integrity as a Habit of Discerning Promises -- VII. Practicing Integrity as a Habit of Keeping Promises -- VIII. Integrity: What's in It for Me? -- IX. The Practices of Transformation -- X. A New Definition of Integrity -- XI. A Reader's Guide to the Laws -- PART ONE THE ILLUSION OF INCONSEQUENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE -- 1 An Inconsequential Untruth -- 2 The Small Evasions of Everyday Life -- 3 Free Dinner on a Friend's Expense Account -- 4 The Truth about Lying -- 5 To Thine Own Self Be True -- 6 Freedom Is No Bargain -- 7 Just Do the Right Thing -- 8 Hogging a Table at Starbucks -- 9 Retaliation and the Practice of Integrity -- PART TWO SELF-INTEREST AND THE VEIL OF CONVENIENCE -- 10 The Trip of a Lifetime -- 11 The Crippling Use of Handicap Permits -- 12 A Contest of Wills -- 13 Your Cousin's Keeper -- 14 Taking Stock of Your Portfolio -- 15 Into Thin Air -- 16 Your Obstinate Car Mechanic -- 17 Coping with Copyright Laws and Other Pesky Implied Promises -- PART THREE SURVIVAL AND COLLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE -- 18 Your Coworker's Impending Layoff -- 19 Purveying Falsehood for a Living -- 20 Pressure to Make Quota -- 21 Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace -- 22 Your Company's New Mission Statement -- 23 Bribing Foreign Officials -- 24 How Do You Know When You Don't Know That You Don't Know? -- 25 "I Meant to Put in a Good Word for You -- I Really Did. -- PART FOUR SELF- INTEREST AND LOYALTY VERSUS TRUTH IN AMERICAN POLITICS.