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SO HOW DO YOU DEVELOP YOUR INTEGRITY?

Start first with you. What do you believe in? What do you believe is right and wrong? What is meaningful to you? These
values and beliefs form the foundation for our thoughts, which are expressed in our words, our attitudes and ultimately in
our actions. Take time to write down the beliefs that drive you, those personal values that you care enough about to cause
you to speak out and take action. If you dont know where you stand, others will tell you, which makes you vulnerable to
mistakes -- like the oil rig manager.

Make time to reflect on your actions. Go for a walk. Ride a bike. Exercise away from the TV or iPod. Practice yoga or Tai
Chi. Meditate. Wash a ton of dishes. Chop some wood. Paint a wall. Do any activity that will give your mind a break from
the incessant thought feed. The challenge is to actually stop list-making, day-dreaming, fantasizing about the future or
replaying something from the past while doing these activities. This is about being in the present moment. It is during
these deliberate incubation periods that our struggles with integrity to our cherished values tend to naturally show up. As
Herbert Benson says in his book The Breakout Principle, this is also where our best ideas for complex unsolved
problems often emerge. Write down what you discover about your self or share it with a partner or friend to give it greater
stickines

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SO WHAT IS INTEGRITY?
We asked our colleagues what integrity meant to them. They said that a person demonstrating the value of integrity is someone
who:

Is honest

Stands up for what they believe in

Knows who they are

Is steadfast

Willing to make tough -- even unpopular -- decisions

Courageous in conflict

Does what they say

Considers whats best for the group rather than whats best for themselves

You can count on

Who keeps their promises

You can really trust to do the right thing

Walks their talk

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Integrity
The word integrity evolved from the Latin adjective integer, meaning whole or complete. In this context, integrity is the inner
sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others
"have integrity" to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold. system may evolve
in a while,[4] while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies

In ethics, integrity is regarded by many people as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Integrity can stand
in opposition to hypocrisy,[2] in that judging with the standards of integrity involves regarding internal consistency as a virtue,
and suggests that parties holding within themselves apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter
their beliefs.
A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying
integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with observation.
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WARNING: If you get an instant answer of yes, of course, 100%, then you may wish to go back and re-read the article on humility that started this series)
If however you notice a slight bit of discomfort with yourself in response to the integrity questionif you notice a bit of an itch in your moral fibergood! Now youve got some
awareness of where you need to scratch to sniff out the personal development need beneath the surface that youre presenting to the world. And that is the work of the ever
evolving innovation leader. Scratching at their ITCCH. Fortunately, cortisone doesnt cure this one; its a lifelong conditionwe hope!

Moral integrity implies more than acting in accordance with ones words/values, which could be negative. It is associated with moral conduct and
acting ethically. The meaning and practice of integrity, and associated indicators derived from the CSO data, have been categorized into six main
themes for further consideration. There is still some overlap among the indicators. The categorisation is not definite and serves for easier
orientation and as an inspiration for future work. The process of refining indicators and developing other indicators will be ongoing through the life
of the project and will involve seeking guidance from the literature. The following is a summary of the dimensions of integrity identified by CSOs to
be important.
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We live in a world where the end justifies the means has become an acceptable school of thought for far too many.