Time Theft
Wasting others' time or not fulfilling time commitments is stealing.
Others' time is valuable. Being late, wasting meeting time, or not delivering promised work on schedule are forms of stealing time that cannot be returned.
Another's time is their life; do not steal it.
Time awareness extends asteya to everyday interactions.
Applied Ethics
Written about in
- What Jainism says about giving and service
An unusual entry: wasting someone else's time is counted as theft, on the grounds that time cannot be given back.