Qualities of Integrity
Webster.com defines integrity as being a firm adherence to a code whether it is moral or artistic. Integrity is one of the most important characteristics that is needed in an employee. Listed below are some of the qualities of integrity.
• Model of consistency of character
• Employing honest communication
• Value transparency (don’t try to hide your weaknesses)
• Exemplify humility (don’t be driven by your ego)
• Demonstrate your support to others
• Fulfill your promises
• Embrace an attitude of service(give your self and time to others)
Below are some questions that help in measuring integrity. These questions can also be found in the book Becoming a Person of Influence.
How well do I treat people from whom I gain nothing?
Am I transparent with others?
Do I quickly admit wrong doing without being pressed to do so?
Do I have an unchanging standard for moral decisions, or do circumstances determine my choices
When I have something to say about people, do I talk to them or about them?
Am I accountable to a least one other person for what I think, say, or do?
In conclusion, the book’s writer,John Maxwell, ends the section with this statement: many succeed momentarily by what they know, some succeed temporarily by what they do, and few succeed permanently by what they are.
References
(2007).Integrity. Integrity retrieved from http://www.webster.com/dictionary/integrity on December 3, 2007
Maxwell J.C (1997) Becoming a Person of Influence. Nashville: Thomas Nelson