Most of us are familiar or at least heard this term-->Integrity.
So, why I'm concern with this? Because of the big impact it has if it is not being practice...With or without noticing it, we are the leader in any ways. The parents is a leader to their kids, husband is a leader to a wife, lecturer/teacher is a leader to students, boss is a leader to the subordinates. So by having an integrity we are paving the good paths for others to follow:)) Thus,if we don't have this values,we are not helping in producing good human resources...and don't blame others (which we are guiding/molding now) for their well beings in the future as it's the impact of our ignorance today...
Integrity as a concept has to do with perceived consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcome. People use integrity as a holistic concept, judging the integrity of systems in terms of those systems' ability to achieve their own goals (if any). 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 empirical observation. A value system may evolve over time while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.
Some people see integrity as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions. Some people use the term "hypocrisy" in contrast to integrity for asserting that one part of a value system demonstrably conflicts with another, and to demand that the parties holding apparently conflicting values account for the discrepancy or change their beliefs to improve internal consistency (seen as a virtue).
The etymology of the word "integrity" can suggest insight into its use and meaning. It stems from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete).In this context, integrity may comprise the personal inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from (say) honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity" to the extent that one judges whether they be=\have according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold.
In a formal study of the term "integrity" and its meaning in modern ethics, law professor Stephen L. Carter sees integrity not only as a refusal to engage in behavior that evades responsibility. He sees it also as an understanding of different modes or styles in which some discourse takes place, and that tries to discover some truth.
Carter writes:
Integrity [...] requires three steps: (1) discerning what is right and what is wrong; (2) acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; and (3) saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right from wrong.[...] Integrity [...] is not the same as honesty [...]
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