By the way, our company does not perform a credit check until after the applicant is hired. A drug test is required before hire however. You would be surprised at how many applicants know about the requirement to get a security clearance and yet still fail the drug test.
>>Yes, I would love to return to a time when we could trust a person's word. <<
I agree with that, but this issue, IMO, goes much deeper than that. Could you trust a mans word in NY city, in 1960 any more than you can trust a mans word in Seattle now?
Your point does have validity though. As I read somewhere, "The less virtuous a people, the greater its need for laws."
BTW, I've heard that drug testing is on it's way out. Apparently it is not cost effective.