The Virtues of Honesty Honesty is to be honest, truthful and sincere. To be honest is to be fair and righteous in speech and act, not to lie, not to cheat or steal. The are two types of solemn or sworn statements of honesty in society today, an affidavit and an oath. An affidavit is a voluntary written statement sworn before an officer qualified to administer an oath. Both the person making the affidavit (that …showed first 75 words of 1470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1470 total…evidence in U.S. In 1988 the use of the device in private employment procedures was severely restricted by federal law courts. The chief objections to the polygraph are that its use is unconstitutional, that it constitutes an invasion of privacy, and that it is still too inconclusive scientifically to be considered valid as evidence. In several countries the use of the polygraph is prohibited by their governments on the basis of violation of free will.