Talk:Honor system

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Libraries are usually free to join? That's strange, all those I've seen require a membership payment. And they allow "large quantities" of books to be borrowed? Again, in my experience the number you can take out is limited. This example appears somewhat anchronistic to me. Arvindn 08:35, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

A library is usually free to "join", although if you live in the municipality providing the library you are sort of already joined by the fact that you are paying taxes to operate it. Large quantities maybe, but certainly not all at once though.

Seems to me the library analogy isn't the best, because you are still having to report to someone that you are taking them out. The honor system means that you could just take something without paying for it, but you don't, because you have a moral code and it would be unethical. –radiojon 08:56, 2004 Apr 19 (UTC)

[edit] Reed College Honor Principle

This article should discuss or at least link to an article on the Reed College Honor Principle. The honor principle at Reed is much more real and effective than at The Citadel.

[edit] Mini Bars

Are hotel mini bars really operated on an honor system, in the US? Most hotels keep a tally of the exact contents of a mini bar and they reinventory it on a daily basis. When an item is missing, the user is presumed to have consumed it, and the user is charged. There is little way for the user to cheat the hotel.

That's what I thought too when I read the article. I've never seen a mini-bar in the US or Canada that used the honor system. They're always inventoried and items are charged without you having to report them.142.59.153.99 08:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)