Chapter 14, Busybodies And Other Fact Tattlers

As the youngest of five, and of those siblings, three are brothers, I can relate to Sally from the chapter 14, Busybodies and Other Fact Tattlers. I always enjoyed tattling on my older brothers, no matter what it was. From the Focus on the Family story, I believe stating that whether Sally had the right intentions of tattling or not was a fantastic point to bring up. Looking back to why I tattled was more for the reasons of making myself look superior to my parents, or in some cases, because they actually were doing something they should not have done. This chapter really is a great way to relate fact telling and truth-telling. It is very easy to twist the truth without technically lying, but a fact is a fact. You cannot say something is a …show more content…
If I was a lawyer, I would say that the doctor did nothing wrong, he never “said” that her son was getting better. But did he do something wrong? The doctor, after all, is a professional of medicine, and an average person would look to what they say as fact and would believe that the doctor would never twist the truth. Since this is an auditing course, it is best to look at this issue in the auditing context. In the workforce, people rely on our opinion. Almost as if it is truth. So we cannot really have the option of sparing someone’s feelings be dressing up the …show more content…
Yes, an auditor is going to enforce the standards set, and they are going to enforce all other regulations that are set in place so that the public does not get misled. My main mission will not be to find something wrong to get someone in trouble, my priority will be making sure that all regulations were met to the best knowledge of the client, and to make sure that the public will not be misled. These two chapters really helped show how someone could be tattling, or trying to convey the