INTEGRITY IN

PROJECT/CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT
 Integrity

❖Lose your wealth and you have

lost nothing.

❖Lose your health and you have

lost something.

❖Lose your integrity and you have

lost everything.
 Integrity

Is the inner voice that warns us

Somebody

is

Looking
 Integrity

Don’t compromise yourself

It’s

all
you

have

got
Rather fail with honour

Than

succeed

by

fraud
 What you are

Is more important than what you say

 Real integrity

Stays in place
Is more important that what you say
Whether the test is

Adversity
Or

Prosperity
 It is better…

To deserve
IsHonours
more important that what you say

And not have them

Than to have them
And
Not deserve them
Stand up for what is right

Even
Is more important that what you say
if you
are standing
alone
 WHAT

Developing Citizens of Character for our

Society/State/Country
Is more important that what you say

•What do “citizens of character” look like in

the ADULTS & CHILDREN in your state?
•Talk with your table and report out to the
facilitator.
 WHY

Is more important that what you say

 A Cheating Culture
• Widespread pattern of cheating in Nigeria
• Hard to document
• Evidence suggests Nigerians are cheating
more and feeling less guilty
• Idea that
Is more “everybody
important that what you say does it” makes it
socially acceptable
• Professional life has changed such that
playing by the rules automatically places
you below average
• Nigerians have two sets of ethical
compasses
1. Compass for things like sex, family,
drugs and traditional types of crime
2. A second compass for career, money,
and success
What is a Cheating Culture?

•Breaking the rules to get ahead

academically, professionally, or financially
•Sometimes it involves breaking or violating
laws,Issometimes it you
more important that what does
say not

•Most of it is done by people who view

themselves as upstanding members of
society
At your table, define “cheating” and
“dishonesty”. Report out to your facilitator.
Transformations Leading to
More Cheating

•New pressures
Is more important that what you say
•Temptation
•Bigger rewards for winning
•Trickle down corruption
What “temptations” exist in your
office? In your state? List specific
things YOU know of that lead to
adults cheating.
A Cure for Cheating Culture

•Recognize cheating as undermining

important Nigerian Ideals
•“People place themselves at a disadvantage
if they play by official rules rather than the
Is more important that what you say
real rules” – need to change this.
•Encourage and support community life
•Combat entrenched cheating
•Equalize rewards and punishments
•Teach future generations
•Model, Model, and more Role Modeling!
 What else can YOU add from YOUR
table?
• Discuss with your table—what else can add to
the CURE for cheating????