honor system

How To Use honor system In A Sentence

• Naturally trustful people must never be given a good reason to become cynical, for cynicism is the enemy of every honor system.
• Ticket buying is on the honor system.
• The multi-unit Viennese trams, buses and subways operate on the honor system.
• the students are on the honor system
• Using the analogy of a poker game he explained why an honor system, if correctly understood and adequately communicated, attempts to eliminate doubt on this point and why such terms as "ratting," "squealing," etc. are not appropriate. Board of Visitors minutes
• Penalties are converted to an honor system, as in golf, allowing the NHL to save money by firing all the referees and linesmen.
• If the name doesn't surface, the honor system prevails; the voter simply swears in an affidavit that he or she is legit.
• In the past, an honor system prevented this contagion of broken trust.
• Before, during and after World War II, honor systems were used to sell single copies of newspapers.