Cheats found to prosper

Before you let anyone tell you that this executive caught lying is a parable showing that cheats never prosper, or that this executive was ill-advised, consider that it took him to almost the highest level, and seven years of employment, in which he got the very valuable asset of experience doing good things. He probably wouldn't have got that had he revealed that he had never graduated.

Secondly, don't assume that just because someone reveals dishonesty in one situation, they are dishonest across the board - that's just the fundamental attribution error, and likely to lead to the even more dangerous idea that because you've never caught someone lying, they're never dishonest.