The subject that generated the issue of honor has been my ongoing discussion about our black hereditary underclass that is illiterate and innumerate. It has been suggested that this underclass is held together by an honor system that requires illiteracy, innumeracy and illegitimate children. Honor for the black hereditary underclass also requires violence and killing members of other tribes and a lifetime of servitude in prison.
Which leads me to the question of the role of honor in commerce.
I see three areas in which honor plays an important role in commerce.
The first is that business founders and leaders are very proud that they have created an income and livelihood for their employees and their employees families. This is a reason American corporations have so heavily invested in employee healthcare over the past half century. This is always a point of honor when business is expanding and a point of great sorrow when the number of employees must be reduced.
The second point of honor for people in business is direct support for those around them. Employees and management take great pride in the role they play in their community in generating work for suppliers and direct contributions to community activities.
The third role of honor is associated with producing a valuable product or service at the highest quality for the best price. This is usually a point of honor found throughout the world of commerce.
To those of us who see the extraordinary contributions of commerce to the health, vitality and prosperity around us, we can also see that honor pervades the commercial world.
The central role of honor in commerce is usually forgotten by people in the political and anti-commerce world.
It is important to add that the honorable people in commerce are always ashamed that they have to stoop to the lowly and secretive world of bribery that the realm of politics around us demands.