Public worker should not accept no costly gifts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Public officials should refuse expensive gifts to maintain integrity.
- In plain terms
- Officials should not take costly presents.
- What can you take from it?
- Decline expensive gifts to stay ethical in public service.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle gifts at work?
- What builds trust in leaders?
Another view
Some small tokens may be culturally appropriate and harmless.
More from Mahatma Gandhi
Service is no mushroom growth. It presupposes the will first and then experience.
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