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honest/integrity
I used to think these two virtues were a given. That in order to succeed you had to be honest with people and you had to be true to your word. That as I'm sure most of us know is not the case. In fact, many of our most respected professions are polluted with distortion and deception. Attorneys take any side of an issue based not on personal feelings or what is right but on what side their client stands on. I suppose all of us are guilty of biases that originate from personal agendas and not from what is actually fair and right but some are so blatant and admitted it is disturbing. Like a prostitute, some of us will like the money and consequentially, whoever has it.
In my work, I occasionally have sales people call me trying to persuade me to believe theirs is a better product than their competitor's. Then, low and behold, that same individual will get a better offer from that very competitor and switch sides. The next time I see them, the product they are now selling, the one putting the money in their pocket is the better one. You may say I'm naive, out of touch, or whatever. I say that is precisely the problem here. This behavior has become so acceptable, any question of it draws attack to the questioner and not the social prevalence of such dishonest and lack of integrity. Anyway, to quote one of my favorite characters, "that is all I have to say about that". At least for now.