You either have integrity or you don’t. Seems most, if not all, of us are in agreement. And integrity and accountability crawl, walk, and run hand in hand. Again, I’d say, based on your comments, that we have a fair degree of concurrence on this point.
Archive for March, 2009
Monday, March 30th, 2009
You either have integrity or you don’t
- if the evil you are describing above - is the norm for going up in the system - then on the day a company collapses those will be the chorus of the wailing, who demand compensation and will find excuses and scapegoats everywhere.
Mediocrity is the enemy of excellence.
And Opportunists are always mediocre. Read more >
- At some point there is an absolute -- "I was only following orders" -- "We didnt really know" -- "everyone else was doing it" -- we spent weeks in colege philosophy class on that notion -- if evil is the norm does morality change? in other words does it follow the so so called norm or is it an absolute ...Read more >
- Being surrounded by careerists only, my only way to keep my integrity was to quit my job. Read more >
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Nothing Else Matters
Integrity has struck a chord. A deep chord it seems. And it does seem that there is consensus about the notion that integrity and accountability go hand in hand.
- I liked this text and i appreciated. I've read all. When i was surfing youtube, i watched a video about this text. Also i have a membership of a facebook group about this fact. Thanks the writer. I am always following texts like this... Have a nice day..
- In the world of Social Media, experts are always talking about how transparency and empowerment of customer-facing employees(live and online) is key. And corporations (read: clients)constantly balk at the notion. It makes you wonder at the integrity of those corporations. If they were being truthful in word and deed, wouldn't transparency be a natural outcome?
- Honor above all can be a problem too -- In that case Integrity is a step above.
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Power
Are you accountable for what you do? Or are you merely responsible?
- So where does all your integrity leave all the employees of india wunderman??? Many of whom have given years of their lives serving you?? Get real!!
- I think power and the exercise of it are value-neutral. So it all goes back to motivation: Accountability is intrinsically motivated and responsibility is extrinsically motivated. One chooses to be accountable, but one bears responsibility. Integrity guides the arrow: Power just propels it.
- maybe that is where the use of the word integrity as a means of showing that a product is sound comes from -- love the thought
