Deceitful Practices: Difference between revisions
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===Cheating on Tests=== | ===Cheating on Tests=== | ||
# It is absolutely forbidden to cheat on a test since doing so is dishonest and deceives the one grading the test and the one receiving the scores.<ref>Igrot Moshe 2:30, Mishneh Halachot 7:275</ref> In fact, the halachic authorities express shock at the widespread disregard for cheating on tests, deeming it a sin equal to all others in the realm of lying, stealing, and cheating.<ref>Shevet Halevi 10:163.</ref> | # It is absolutely forbidden to cheat on a test since doing so is dishonest and deceives the one grading the test and the one receiving the scores.<ref>Igrot Moshe 2:30, Mishneh Halachot 7:275</ref> In fact, the halachic authorities express shock at the widespread disregard for cheating on tests, deeming it a sin equal to all others in the realm of lying, stealing, and cheating.<ref>Shevet Halevi 10:163.</ref> | ||
==Dishonest Negotiations== | |||
#When engaged in business negotiations, one is not permitted to falsely claim that one has another potential buyer in order to intimidate the current negotiator into accepting one’s conditions.<ref>Teshuvot V’hanhagot 4:216.</ref> | |||
===Increasing the Price of an Honor=== | ===Increasing the Price of an Honor=== | ||
