Importance of Honesty and Competence in the Workplace

Portfolio 2: Reflection 1
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Portfolio 2: Reflection 2
Portfolio 2: Reflection
I was once working in a firm, working as a clerk under the supervision the manager. He
was a strict man who wanted his work done within the time he prescribed. He gave me an
assignment that I was supposed to submit the following morning. There was a football match that
evening and my friends and I had scheduled to go watch the match. That evening we went for the
game hoping I would wake up early the following morning and complete the assignment.
Unfortunately I overslept and even reported late to work. I lied to the manager that my dad had
fallen sick that evening and had to take him to hospital, I even claimed that he had been
admitted. Later that day my father came by the firm and I was busted.
My lying made it even worse. I realized that lying made things worse rather than better.
This brought me to thinking of the repercussions of lying. I lost the trust of the manager and all
my truths were from then doubtable. I had been incompetent at first by choosing to watch the
match rather than work on my assignment. I gave privilege to pleasure rather than to my work
which ought to have been my number one privilege. I also became dishonest to my manager. I
learnt that two wrongs don’t make a right. I learnt that my work should be my number one
obligation. My lack of both honesty and competence led to the loss of trust from my manager.
Honesty and competence are important in workplace (Philip, 2012; Dillon, 2010).
If I found myself in a similar situation, having an assignment and a match to watch at the
same time, I would observe and uphold the ACS values. I would start by trying competence. This
means that I would keep my work before anything else. I would therefore give all I can to my
work before even considering to watch the game. My schedule would start with the work and if
am lucky to complete my work before the match starts or ends I would watch the either the