Category: Integrity

Introduction: Core Army Values of Integrity and Respect

The third and sixth core army values are two of the most important values to soldiers in the army. Respect is the third core army value of the seven. Respect is a two lane street. Junior soldiers respect their leaders by trusting them to solve problems and not abuse their power, and non commissioned officers trust the junior soldiers to communicate their issues in a quick and efficient manner. When this line of communication and control breaks down, trust breaks down across the entire group involved. With a lack of respect, there is a lack of trust, and with a lack of trust, there is micromanagement, a decrease in overall morale, and a lack of confidence in and among soldiers. Respecting the people that we work with every day promotes trust, increased morale, and cohesion within the working environment.

Integrity: The Validity of One’s Word

Integrity is the sixth core army value. Integrity is the validity of one’s word. Integrity can be eroded through actions, behaviors, and words. With a lack of integrity, that leads to a lack of trust through a failure to follow through with instructions, a failure to be honest, or a failure to maintain a pattern of behavior. This lack of trust can also lead to micromanagement, a decrease in morale, and lackluster work completion.

Consequences of Micromanagement and Lack of Respect and Integrity

These consequences of a lack of respect and integrity can lead to severe outcomes. Micromanagement can lead to longer work days, increased stress, alcoholism, depression, and even heart attacks. When everything a worker is doing is micromanaged, they don’t want to act with initiative to complete tasks for fear of doing it wrong in the eyes of the micromanaging supervisor. This leads to longer work days because the tasks have to get done before we can go home. Being micromanaged increases stress and stress related illnesses. The fear of doing something wrong or not to their liking and the fear of reprisal because of that can exponentially compound. Leading to rapid deterioration of autonomy in workers to avoid the stress involved in making their own decisions. This can lead to past events coming up and creating larger stressors and severely impacting the worker.The most common way to unstress in the military is alcohol. According to research by Trice and Sonnenstuhl done in 1990, this can be attributed to a couple of factors. Social availability at work paradigm contributes to more alcohol consumption for stress related to work when coworkers drink alcohol. Work stressors such as dangerous physical work environments, interpersonal conflict in the workplace, and even low pay increase the risk of alcoholism in workers.Alcoholism, stress illnesses, and long work days can easily exacerbate significant problems like depression and suicidal ideations. This poses a significant problem in the military due to the stress involved, culture of alcohol use, and dangerous situations we work in. This is a factor in most of the 22 suicides every day among military members. Harvard Medical School instructor Jonathan D. Quick co-authored a book titled Preventive Stress Management in Organizations. In it, he says that, “the leadership qualities of ‘bad’ bosses over time exert a heavy toll on employees’ health.” In the Whitehall studies conducted by Sir Michael Marmot, ‘the higher an employee’s rank and autonomy is, the lower their morality is to cardiovascular diseases.’ So basically, the more micromanagement that goes on, the higher the risk for heart attacks are of those being micromanaged.

A lack of respect and integrity between leaders and soldiers can also erode the cohesiveness of a unit. This can lead to increased distrust in leadership, decreased morale, an increase in disrespect between parties involved, a carefree attitude towards consequences, and an increase in the potential for accidents. A distrust in the competence of leadership is extremely damaging to the work environment. Once a soldier distrusts a leaders capabilities, they will avoid going to that leader for anything. They won’t ask for guidance, to talk, or with their problems. This is especially true when the leader throws it back in their face, bringing up a situation later that they knew nothing about and calling names. This destroys any trust in the professionality of their leadership abilities that might have remained. The soldier will avoid confrontation by just straight up avoiding the leader. This can result in a ‘hide to survive’ attitude or ‘look busy to survive’ techniques. This can be characterized by volunteering for tasks a significant distance away, completing busy work just to work, and extended smoke or bathroom breaks. This can create a lot of stress on the soldier, and not good complete the mission stress. This excessive amounts of bad stress will lower morale. Whether for five minutes, or if continued, for five months, lowered morale affects everybody. An unhappy worker just working near happy workers can spread the negative attitude. An unhappy worker works slower because they don’t have the mental capacity to focus on working quicker. So one person’s bad day can turn into everyone’s bad day that just keeps going slowly. When a soldier feels like a leader is unfit to solve problems and get things done, they sometimes bring that up. It usually happens at high stress moments and almost always is immediately denounced as disrespect and threatened with negative actions if they do not fix it. This can make it seem like the soldier does not get to express their side, and that the leader is using their power to silence any opposing views. Thus, the soldier feels like they need to bring it up with others around so their voice is heard in a fair light. This means getting more people involved, which to the leader seems like more disrespect. This will continue until a significant change occurs. When a soldier feels unheard, ignored, and like the leadership is failing, they stop caring about imposed consequences from the leaders. Especially when the soldier should have as much say in a situation as the leader, the soldier will not care about the consequences of not doing it the way the leader wants. This could be written off as forgetfulness, being told to do something else from someone else, or even just an accident. The decreased mental capacity for focusing on work, lack of worrying about consequences, and sometimes other factors like being in a rush so everyone can go home, leads to a severe increase in potential for accidents. Especially in aviation, accidents can be deadly. Accidentally leaving an old chip detector attached after installing a new one, falling asleep while flying, and even just getting incorrect hardware can all end up with deadly consequences.

The dangers and consequences of a lack of respect and integrity are severe and numerous. Ranging from having a bad day to accidentally bringing a helicopter down to purposefully ending a life to get away from the issues, the entire army needs to maintain respect and integrity to avoid collapse.

Rebuilding Respect and Integrity in the Army

Luckily, all is not lost when there is a failure of respect or integrity. Respect can be re-earned by soldiers by doing the right thing, doing what they’re told to, and taking care of issues at the lowest level. Respect can be re-earned by leaders by talking to soldiers without throwing around their authority, by leading by example, and by recognizing when it’s time to be a leader and when it’s time to give some autonomy to the soldiers. Autonomy of soldiers should belong to them when they aren’t at work. When it is time to work, leaders should be at the front, teaching, talking, and guiding. Soldiers should be engaged, excited, and listening. Everyone should want to come to work to better themselves, not worried that they will be chewed out for misstepping or trying to get their point across. Integrity is a little bit harder to repair when it’s been lost. A person’s integrity is a lot like a glass vase. When it is broken, it takes a lot of effort to be put back together. Even once it is back together, the cracks from where it was broken are still visible. Eventually with a lot of polishing and work, the vase can look almost new, but the cracks are still underneath. Integrity can only be broken and fixed by the person who’s it is. It can only be fixed by saying the truth, doing the right thing, and treating others how they want to be treated.

On the positive side, a unit that has respect and integrity in, for, and amongst the leaders and soldiers, can complete tasks given to them quickly, efficiently, with little oversight. Higher up leaders can trust that when they give an overarching objective, the lower leaders can task out the necessary steps to make sure it can be accomplished. There is little left to the imagination as to what needs to be completed because leaders respect their soldiers enough to make the process known to all as to what is going on. Problems are brought up and solved quickly before they become larger problems, tasks are completed in an efficient and timely manner, and the objective is completed as expected by the upper echelons of leadership. Soldiers trust that when they bring up an issue, whether personal, professional, or otherwise, that their leaders will help them solve it or point them in the direction of a solution. Leaders trust that their soldiers will come to them with problems, ideas, and potentially dangerous conditions. Soldiers trust their leaders to listen when concerns are brought up. Soldiers are more capable, useful, and imaginative when their leadership gives them the chance to try something. General (Retired) George S Patton once said, ‘Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity’. When a damper indicator is frozen and you need to pull it out to service it, sure you could pull it in the hangar wait for it to warm up, and fix it. Maybe the soldier has an idea for using some 550 cord to make a pulley system to pull it out so the damper can be fixed and go fly. The only thing stopping a potentially good solution from being very effective is micromanagement and the belief that the more experienced leaders hold the best solutions one hundred percent of the time. The most successful armies in history were not micromanaged. They were told what needed done, and they got it done. This kind of unit is well-disciplined. To do what needs to be done, and to do what can be done later, now. Acting now on limited information is better than acting in a week on all of the information. The soldiers have self-discipline to complete the task and find another task. The leaders have the self-discipline to let the soldiers do what needs to be done.

Conclusion: The Pivotal Role of Respect and Integrity in the Army

So to reiterate, respect and integrity, the third and sixth army core values respectively, are two of the most important core army values to live. Without them, a unit can enter a spiral of collapse. With respect and integrity though, a unit becomes one of the strongest, fastest, most well prepared unit around. Able to complete anything given to them through the trust given to everyone within the unit. Trust between leaders and soldiers, is one of the most basic relationships in the army. When that relationship fails, it can ruin the entire unit. Too many bosses have been toxic to the work environment that most people I have encountered do not want to stay in. They want to finish their contract and get out. Every single one cites the leadership as the reason they want to get out. People do not quit because the job is hard. They quit because their boss makes the job infinitely more difficult to complete. Working together to complete the mission under a competent leader can be the difference between someone who views it as a job or as a lifestyle. When it thrives, people come to work excited to do their job, to better themselves, to learn, and to be a part of the team we have created. This drive to be a part of something better is integral to the building blocks of the army.

Integrity is essential in our daily lives. It shapes our character, influences our actions, and guides our interactions with others. Living with integrity requires a commitment to honesty, authenticity, and ethical behavior, even in difficult situations. In this essay, I will explore the importance of integrity and its relevance to relationships, personal growth, and a sense of self-worth. I will also discuss the challenges of living with integrity and its role in creating an equitable society. My goal is to motivate readers to embrace integrity and cultivate it within their own lives.

More Than Being Honest

Integrity involves both consistency and honesty. To have integrity means to be consistent in your actions and words, avoiding the temptation to do otherwise to gain some sort of advantage. It also means being true to your word or promise, even if it would be easier or more profitable to go back on it.

Integrity is a fundamental and invaluable asset, but it can be tough to maintain. People often rationalize their actions in order to satisfy their desires, even when those actions conflict with their values. However, having integrity is essential for any successful career as it helps people gain the trust from others and have an edge in life. Integrity gives individuals the assurance that they are doing what is morally right and won’t be swayed by outside influences attempting to convince them otherwise.

Do the Right Thing, Even When Nobody’s Looking

A person with integrity does the right thing regardless of how challenging it may be or how little recognition they will receive for it. They never take advantage of someone else and always keep their word. Integrity is having the courage to do what’s right, even if it means going against popular opinion or breaking the rules. It means doing the right thing, no matter what others may think or say about it – no matter whether they agree with your choice or not.

People With Integrity Are Self-Aware and in Touch With Their Emotions

Integrity is living with honesty, fairness and loyalty. It’s about having strong moral principles and being true to yourself, without compromising those values in pursuit of success or fame. Integrity means being whole and undivided, understanding one’s emotions and making decisions based on both reason and feeling. It is the quality of being complete, honest, and strong-willed.

Being a person of integrity means having a set of values that you live by, no matter the consequences. They are honest and principled in their actions, making them people who can be trusted and relied upon in any situation. Integrity is a highly sought-after quality in others when making decisions, such as working with someone or forming a relationship. Having integrity is essential for leading an ethical life and building meaningful relationships.

Why Is Integrity Important?

Integrity is the cornerstone of being a good person. We should all aspire to it, and can be acquired through learning and practice. Integrity is essential in all aspects of life, from our relationships at work to our interactions with family.

It is essential because it provides individuals with a sense of personal accountability and responsibility for their actions, which in turn creates an honest and trustworthy environment. By having integrity, individuals are able to set a positive example for those around them and inspire others to do the same. Furthermore, integrity helps ensure a more civil society by discouraging dishonesty and deceit among people. Ultimately, integrity is essential for creating a successful and meaningful life, both professionally and personally.

Conclusion

In conclusion, living with integrity is a fundamental human value that encompasses honesty, ethics, and moral principles. It is a trait that shapes our character, actions, and interactions with others. As explored in this essay, integrity plays a vital role in our relationships, personal growth, and sense of self-worth. It allows us to lead fulfilling lives and create positive change in the world. While living with integrity can present challenges, such as resisting temptation and standing up for what is right, the benefits far outweigh the difficulties. 

Being self-aware and in touch with your emotions can help keep you on track when temptation strikes, as well as give others confidence in their ability to trust other people with integrity.

Academic integrity can be defined as being able to act consistently within the boundary of social standards and moral values of society. Whereas, Professional integrity means one who performs within the guidelines of the mission of a chosen profession or field under the obligation of a code of ethics. Along with that academic integrity means acting with academic honesty and following the proper rules and regulations. Professional integrity can be defined as performing in the chosen field under certain criteria. According to( MacFarlane, Zhang, and Pun, 2014) “Academic integrity is defined as the values, behavior, and conduct of academics in all aspects of their practice.”

Therefore, academic and professional integrity plays an important role in a student’s life because the student with integrity will put his whole effort to achieve a degree in a fair and honest way, this includes properly studying the course and completing all the assignments in a sophisticated manner. Furthermore, if a student doesn’t follows academic integrity or cheated on the university then it will also affect the future of that student which leads to ruining the professional carrier. Academic integrity plays a vital role in every aspect of our life, even though we should have integrity in the small things for succeeding. Furthermore, developed and practiced academic integrity is a key requirement for dealing with a situation in which difficult choices have to be made between two courses of action. Hence, academic integrity makes us capable to make prompt decisions in these types of circumstances. It makes us aware of this type of muddle. Integrity is also about the characteristics of individuals that are consistently considerate, transparent, honest, and ethical.

Professional and academic integrity is also an important aspect of the educational as well as industrial sectors. Organizations with high integrity are characterized as organizations that are innovative and transparent. Along with that integrity in an organization helps in developing high employee morale. As the implementation of academic and professional integrity in an organization helps by building teams and creating values. Integrity creates an environment in an organization so that it operates in the long run and focuses on building a better place for customers, employees, and investors. It helps to boost the financial status of the company or an organization. An example can be taken from governance ratings: “There was a lot of controversy surrounding corporate governance ratings. The rating entities used multiple criteria and weights. As a result, a company that gets a relatively high score from one source may get a low score from another. The use of multiple criteria tends to weaken the correlation with financial performance. Nevertheless, at least one criterion, director ownership of equity, exhibits a consistently strong correlation with financial performance (Bhagat, 2007)”

Moreover, There can be seen a drastic change in the current understanding of academic and professional integrity as well as research and referencing skills than it was used before. As the concept of academic integrity before the 18th century was totally different because at that time people did not use to give more importance to integrity as their priority was to maintain their good names. But nowadays in this modern era integrity is seen as the priority in every field whether its educational or industrial field academic integrity is regarded as the monitoring tool for self-empowerment.

On the other hand, Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge or using the provided knowledge in a different and creative way. It means knowing about facts and details of a given field or course content and giving new ideas or a new look to the content. And referencing is the acknowledgment of the other’s contributions to our work which means providing evidence to our research or work with the help of supporting evidence from other researchers or writers. As can be seen that research and referencing nowadays are easier and faster than they used to be. There are different sources of research from which we are able to assess each and every piece of detailed information in a second. There are two methods of research primary and secondary research. Primary research means research made from different surveys interviews and any other experiments, it is also known as first-hand research. And secondary research means the way of collecting information from different journals or articles. It is made after primary research.

In my perception, there is a lot of change in understanding of academic integrity before as the character of higher education is changing. Before there used to be a narrow meaning of integrity but nowadays it is advanced or broad. This means nowadays academic and professional integrity is used as a sustainable and lifelong process for undergraduates. Therefore, integrity is like a part of our body without which we are not able to function properly or do the right things. Likewise, academic and professional integrity is essential in every educational as well as the industrial sector for sustainable development and the long run.

In conclusion, Integrity is one of the main principles for better leadership. It means being honest to others as well as to ourselves. So in every sector integrity is crucial for survival.

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Definition

Academic and professional integrity refers to the morality and ethical practices in the academic and professional world. As stated by Macfarlane, Zhang, and Pun (2014), academic integrity represents the commitment to ethical practices and the demonstration of moral and honest behavior in the academic world. This is highly important in this field as people should be given credit for their ideas and findings. If a paper is written with the help of other papers containing ideas of other scholars and they were not given the credit, the work would be considered to be plagiarized, that is, stealing others’ ideas and this is a serious offense in the academic world. Hence, in simple terms, it can be said that academic integrity refers to the acknowledgment of the contributions of other scholars in the education sector and it is a moral activity that should be practiced by all scholars.

Similar to academic integrity, professional integrity refers to the adoption and practice of ethical standards in the professional place. As stated by Eriksen (2015), a person demonstrates professional integrity when he willingly and continuously acts according to the moral values or social standards of society. In the business world, integrity is mostly directed towards implementation of the fair and ethical practices and professional integrity allows a person to follow the social and moral rules while doing the job. It prevents people to adopt unfair practices to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

Significance

Integrity is a very important characteristic of the personality of a person. The attitude towards showing integrity either in academics or in the professional world is important as it shows the strong moral principle and values of an individual. As stated by Cox, La Caze, and Levine (2018), integrity refers to the practice of being honest and demonstrating a constant and rigid observance of strong ethical and moral principles, and hence, a person showing integrity in either academics or in the professional place is treated with respect.

In the academic world, integrity in the academics is treated as the foundation of success. Plagiarism in academics is strictly prohibited in almost all universities across the country. By studying various literature, I learned more about plagiarism. I understood that plagiarism refers to the deliberate and reckless imitation of another scholar’s works, that is, thoughts, ideas, words, and research findings as one’s own without giving credit to the actual author (Löfström et al. 2015). Chertok, Barnes, and Gilleland (2014) state that it is considered a serious offense as it is a form of cheating or stealing of the intellectual property of another author, and the dishonest practices often lead to the suspension and failure of the student, who gets caught for submitting plagiarized work. Hence, integrity should be practiced by every individual in the academic world and every piece of information in a paper should be correctly cited from original source.

On the other hand, in any organization, integrity is highly valued by employers as it is the foundation of morality and ethical practices and helps to build effective interpersonal relationships and trust among the employees. As highlighted by Walmsley and McCormack (2016), professional integrity refers to doing the right thing, which would be right not only for the organization but also for the employees, and communities in which the organization is delivering the services. By studying various literature, I learned that practicing integrity in the professional place helps executives to leave in mental peace, which also increases their job satisfaction, efficiency, and productivity. Secondly, the level of trust is increased when the leaders and the followers in an organization demonstrate integrity, that is, ethical and moral work practices. Lastly, professional integrity increases the credibility of the leaders, and respect for the people increases for leaders adopting ethical leadership practices (Eberl, Geiger, and Aßländer 2015).

Application

In universities, students learn how to express original ideas and cite the correct sources for every corresponding piece of information. They also learn to work independently and report the results accurately and honestly. These skills are helpful even beyond their academic career as they help to build their personality and moral character. The dishonest practices in academic assignments not only would affect the valuable learning experiences of the students but could also lead to failure in the assignment and or expulsion from the university (Razek 2014). Thus, I learned that academic integrity involves the creation and expression of original ideas in the academic assignments, acknowledgment of the information sources, completion of the assignments independently and acknowledgment of any collaboration to pay respect to the other authors, honest representation of one’s own work. Hence, universities have guidelines regarding academic integrity and the students must follow those. Under the guidelines, proper citation of other authors’ work is the main criterion for academic integrity (Reeves 2015).

In the professional world, companies have their guidelines on ethical practices and the employees must abide by the rules. The guidelines and policies usually address points like bribes, biases, favoritism among employees, internal politics for harming employees, not keeping promises, and cheating (Gundersen and Townsend 2014). The guidelines strictly prohibit the practices of the above-mentioned issues in the workplace to maintain a fair work environment, which would keep the employees motivated. Violation of these rules would lead to strict penalties, such as suspension or even termination from the job.

Comparison between present and past knowledge on academic and professional integrity

Previously, I had a vague idea about academic and professional integrity. I knew that integrity means the adoption of fair and ethical practices in academic and professional lives. It reflects the culture of the individual demonstrating the moral values and principles. However, now I know how important it is to practice integrity in both fields. I learned about the implications of integrity in both the academic and professional world and the penalties that are imposed if one gets caught following unfair and unethical practices.

‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God will always be with you wherever you go.’- Joshua 1: 9

I am Jaica R. Nacion, who finds the complexity of life. Through my 19 years of existence, I can say that my life is full of drama. I experience discouragements, disappointments, achievements, happiness, stress, and loneliness. Amidst struggles, I remain to be strong and courageous because I know God takes control of everything as I said above. I also call myself Moana from a Disney movie, I am brave enough to face my fears and ready to fight back against all the battles that are in my way. I prefer to be alone than to be surrounded by many people and prefer to be at home than to go outside together with friends.

Currently, I am a first-year college student who took up civil engineering course at Misamis University- College of Engineering and Technology. One of the top universities here in Region 9, composed of adept and competent professors who are willing to be a big part of turning the dreams of aspirant engineers into reality. I am grateful to be part of this institution, for I know that they will mold me holistically. Misamis University is composed of its building block which is its core values namely: honesty, integrity, loyalty, and excellence that mirrors the mission and vision of the said university. Misamis University aims to implant these values in its students for their own sake.

The application of these values is vital for me to be successful in a course that I enrolled in. The first is honesty, Thomas Jefferson once said that’ Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom’. It leads to a fulfilling life. It is not only telling a truth but it introduces who you are. With this, we are clear with our perceptions and ability to know our flaws and weaknesses. Being honest tells that you are trustworthy even in small things. Second, integrity, means you are confident and honest in your morals and values. In life, having integrity can gain the trust of the people who surround you. Third, loyalty, express dedication, and commitment. Being loyal, is valuable, for a reason that you don’t want to break the trust of the person who put you first. Committing ourselves to something shows how we prioritize and are determined to make it work. Lastly, excellence. It means you are doing your best in any. Excellence reflects moral virtue. Thus, being excellent means not only being good in the academic aspect but also being principled.

Possessing all these values makes me a better individual and a great contribution to society. Honestly, I practice these values in my daily life. As a student, I do all my assignments with all my effort without copying others’ work even if I am not good at it. I exerted effort and spent too much time, accomplishing my task. I am clear with all my priorities like I do first all my homework and responsibilities than being enticed in social media. I am determined to learn and willing to eliminate all the distractions like scrolling nonsense posts on any social media platforms and wasting my time Watching K-dramas or anime which I used to do when I was in senior high grade. For, I know that I should focus on my studies because I am not good at Mathematics and Science which are important in the course that I enrolled in. Shortly, I hardly strive to do my responsibilities with honesty, integrity, loyalty, and excellence which will help in pass this course successfully.s

These values embodied the Vision and Mission of Misamis University. Equipping it molds me holistically. It develops my spiritual manner who be God-fearing, principled, socially responsible, service-oriented, environmentally concerned, and competent to meet global challenges. Surely, it helps me to become successful with inner satisfaction. As quoted by Bruce Lee, ‘KNOWLEDGE will give you POWER, but CHARACTER RESPECTS!’ and that’s Misamis University’s goal.

This assignment going to talk about the meaning and importance of ethics and integrity in academic work and the workplace, this word evokes intense emotions not least because it’s typically related to negative behavior. (Academic ethics and integrity, 2020)

The assignment is going to show and expand in detail the meaning of integrity and ethics. The discussion is about the issue of cheating, plagiarism, dishonesty, fraud, and other scholarly malpractice in the sense of academic integrity, and how best to avoid such behavior. (Academic ethics and integrity, 2020) .

Furthermore, this assignment will show some NMC code nurses and midwives must have to preserve integrity and ethics in professional practice.

Academic integrity is a cross-disciplinary concept that forms the basis for all aspects and all levels of education. Academic integrity means working with the beliefs of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility for learning, teaching, and research. It is crucial for students, teachers, researchers, and professional staff to operate in an honest manner, to be accountable for their actions, and to demonstrate fairness in every part of their work. All students and employees must be an example to others of how to behave with integrity in their studies and work. Academic integrity is essential to the credibility of a person and of a school. Academic integrity demands that academic research meets elevated professional standards, including acceptable research design and procedures, adheres to high levels of research ethics, and complies with the criteria provided by technical and regulatory research guidelines and research ethics procedures released in specific areas.

Academic Integrity Concepts and Values A pledge to transparency, accountability, justice, loyalty, obligation, legitimacy, and distribution standards determines academic integrity. (Academic ethics and integrity, 2020)

More in detail academic integrity include Honesty, scientific culture requires intellectual and personal integrity in learning, teaching, and study to advance the quest for truth, information, scholarship, and understanding.

Trust in the academic environment should cultivate an atmosphere of mutual confidence to promote the free exchange of ideas and to allow everyone to achieve their full potential.

Fairness in the academic community should strive to ensure fairness in institutional standards, processes, and procedures as well as fairness in interactions among community members.

Students should cultivate respect among students, staff, and faculty by being punctual, self-esteem, high standards of behavior in studying by requiring mutual accountability among all group members to maintain academic integrity.

The academic community should follow clear legal standards relating to conducting and publishing research, especially in relation to copyright, third-party intellectual property rights, the terms and conditions regulating access to research resources, and libel laws.

The academic work group will strive to make the findings of its work accessible as clearly and as openly as possible (2020, PDF)

Strong ethical decision-making demands that a faculty member be made aware of ethical issues and a tool used to analyze the ethical implications of a decision and be able to weigh up the factors to affect the choice of course of action. (Markkula 2010)

Students in academic ethics have the right to know universal adherence to ethical values is central to the academic business’s interest in education and justice. Occidental College believes that students and faculty are subject to a high standard of ethics for academic research.

For all their work, students are conscientious, take responsibility and lend credit where necessary, prevent an unacceptable occurrence even if in question and, if particular actions, communication, or the identification of sources are acceptable, consult the teacher or other competent individual. Students shall also report suspected misconduct and engage, if necessary, in academic disciplinary hearings. (Academic Ethics, 2020)

With education management increasingly complex and moral and ethical questions increasingly challenging, experts stressed that we need more information. (Maxcy, 2008)

For several reasons, academic integrity is essential. First, intellectual honesty ensures teachers have faith in the students and their work.

In addition, confidence is one of a good leader’s main characteristics. These students develop a good reputation by, for example, being honest, fair, and positive. Persons who excel in business are mindful of the benefits of honesty. (Academic Honesty, 2020)

To avoid violations of academic integrity Sadly, ‘mistakenly’ violations of academic integrity may have the same effects as breaches of university integrity policies ‘deliberately.’

Here are a few ways to avoid accidental violations: consider what fraud and plagiarism are all about. Read attentively the principles of intellectual integrity and the programme or guidelines for assignments.

Spend enough time reading, writing, and reviewing your documents, do not wait until the last minute to write or prepare for an exam. (Academic Honesty, 2020)

In the workplace, workers are not only there to be themselves, they have a certain position for those who will know what to expect of them in terms of what they can give and how they function. (C Beckett, 2009)

Integrity in a professional work environment is in many ways but applies above all to sound decisions, integrity, reliability, and commitment to excellent qualities and working ethics. Begin responsible for any actions preserving working integrity is important for employees at all levels, but particularly as going up the ladder, so that employees become trustworthy and reliable. The dignity of the workplace helps encourage a transparent and supportive atmosphere and an ethical decision-making process.

In addition to the benefits to businesses of the dignity of the workplace, it also helps individuals gain respect and trust from colleagues and managers

The rules of the Workplace are designed to instruct employees in best practices, from behavior to coding. Employees should make informed decisions according to the principles and goals of the organization in compliance with the company policy.

On the other hand, workers with dignity are willing to go beyond their own jobs and to support others, if the situation so demands. (What is integrity in the workplace? Michael Page, 2020)

Every nurse must preserve the reputation of the profession, this refers to patients and consumers of facilities directly or in other areas such as education, science, or implementation of policies. This also includes actions and activities outside of the workplace (Contributor, 2020)

‘ Code: Standards of conduct, performance, and ethics for nurses and midwives

Nurses must demonstrate personal and professional dedication to equity and diversity, be blunt, be truthful, and uphold the credibility of their profession with honesty.

The laws of the country you follow must be followed.

When a nurse has been told of a criminal offense, you must contact the NMC.

You will inform every employer with whom you work if your practice is questioned..(2020 nm )

Finally, Ethics and integrity in academic work and the workplace means acting responsibly, honestly, respectfully, trustingly, and with courage in all academic activities and preventing any type of cheating or unhonest action, even when the work is particularly hard, Health care providers have to show their personal and professional dedication to equality and diversity, be honest, be truthful and uphold the profession’s integrity with authenticity. Nurses must follow the code of conduct given by the NMC.

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What is Academic integrity?

Academic Integrity is a commitment, in the face of adversity, to six fundamental values defined by the International Center for Academic Integrity (2018). The six fundamental values are:

Why it is important?

Having instructional integrity is important for several motives. First, having educational integrity way that others can agree with you. The people with whom you deal realize that they can rely on you to behave without a doubt and to do what you are saying you may do. When people recognize which you trust in doing the proper issue, and that your conduct is consistent with that belief, they agree with you.

Additionally, acceptance as true is one of the key traits of a successful chief. These people develop proper reputations with the aid of being sincere, truthful, and sincere, as an example. Individuals who are a hit in commercial enterprise apprehend the benefits of acting with integrity.

Our international (along with the enterprise community) is based totally on our ability to trust each other. Therefore, growing accurate ethical habits now, while you are in college, will help you as you enter the workplace and face moral problems (which most certainly will occur).

Second, having educational integrity is crucial as it affords value to your degree. Employers opt to rent graduates whom they accept as true to have excessive private integrity. They could alternatively spend money on developing the human capital of a person who could have a nice impact on the company and on someone whom they could agree with to perform the corporation’s challenge.

Finally, having educational integrity is essential due to the fact it may provide you peace of mind understanding which you believe in doing the proper element, and usually try to act always with those ideals. Acting with integrity can reduce quite a few unnecessary pressures in your life, making you happier, healthier, and greater effective.

Honesty

Honesty is established through manners and actions that include, but are not limited to:

• Civil conduct in the classroom, lab, field, and clinical placements, virtual and online locations, offices, and all campus spaces.
• Honest test-taking.
• Completion of homework and written assignments as per requirements.
• Accountability for own actions.

Trust

A truthful approach to academic work consequences in a relationship of trust. Students can think of clear guidelines around expectations for work and behavior in classrooms, labs, and field placements. Students inspire trust by completing and submitting honest work and committing to the five fundamental values of academic integrity. Faculty inspires trust by setting clear expectations for assignments and adhering to expectations around Academic Integrity. Trust is intrinsic to the sharing of information and ideas that will support learning among the teaching and learning community members.

What does Academic integrity mean to St Clair College?

• t. Clair College is dedicated to supplying fair getting-to-know surroundings for all college students, ensuring that ‘Honesty’ is the idea upon which academic credentials are earned. Learning calls for an honest effort.
• All individuals of the university network have a stake in making sure that coaching and getting to know to take vicinity in surroundings based totally on mutual acceptance as true with and recognized. Academic misconduct, or dishonesty, is a violation that can bring about critical results whether or not it’s far achieved intentionally or by chance. It is the responsibility of all college students to apprehend the College’s Code of Student Rights & Responsibilities, which includes adherence to academic integrity standards, and the penalties that can result from violations.
• St. Clair College is dedicated to the six fundamental values of Academic Integrity: honesty, agreeing with, equity, duty, admiration, and courage.

What Academic integrity means to you as a student?

Academic integrity means a lot to me as a student

Academic Integrity means always doing work constantly and the best you can. No shortcuts. If as a student I give my assignments and work or files to other students then it means giving people your credits for work. How would a student feel when someone who copied or cheated got the same marks or credit as you worked hard. so as a student we should not copy from others and respect others and their hard work and should take motivation from hard workers. If one is coping with others he/she might not be able to get knowledge and admission to college or school is a waste of money. So everyone should follow the POLICY of educational institutes and follow the six fundamental values of CAI.

1. Honesty
2. Trust
3. Fairness
4. Respect
5. Responsibility
6. Courage

Integrity is a huge part of being a successful business owner, not just in terms of holding true to your values and principles but also in regard to the day-to-day operation of your company. It isn’t only about being honest, it’s about dealing with all aspects of life with a level of honor and honesty that inspires those around you to do the same. If you have integrity, it will show through in everything you do – from how you give back to the community to how you treat customers.

Integrity is about dealing with all aspects of life with a level of honor and honesty that inspires those around you. It’s about delivering on your commitments, even when it doesn’t benefit you financially or personally. It’s about doing what’s right instead of what you want to do. Integrity is the foundation for trust, which leads to respect being given to you by others. If people have no reason to trust in your word, they are less likely to do business with you or refer others to you. They also don’t trust that they can depend on you

Integrity is a core value that we all strive to live by. It’s an attribute we respect and admire in others and an attribute we hope to build within ourselves.

Developing integrity is an ongoing process that requires commitment and consistency. We all fail at times, but it’s how we respond to those situations that define our character and growth as individuals. The people who don’t fail are the ones who aren’t trying anything new or pushing themselves outside of their comfort zones; they’re the ones who never try to grow, learn, and change. The truth is no one likes failure—no one wants to fail—but almost everyone ends up failing at some point in life.

Failing can be a scary thing because of the emotional impact it causes. It hurts, it feels bad, and the feelings are sometimes too much to bear. But what about failing? Do you know that failing is also your friend? It teaches us lessons, helps us grow stronger, and gives us valuable insights into our own business. Failure tells you where you need to focus your efforts in order to succeed in the future.

If you can take chances and put work into building your integrity, you will develop the ability to avoid failure or overcome it when it happens Apostle Paul said in the Bible, ‘For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.’ 2 Corinthians 8:21. integrity will make us have a good rapport before men and at the same time receive commendation from God.

You will demonstrate honesty, sincerity, and truthfulness in thought, action, and relationships with others. You will strive to do what is right for the good of all without partiality or prejudice. You become internally strong enough to set your own rules and remain committed to them no matter what other people may think.

The Crisis of Integrity in America

“Cheating is as American as a rotten apple pie. According to the Josephson Institute of Ethics biennial studies of the behavior of American youth, two-thirds of students admit cheating on at least one test in the past year. Yet nearly everyone, 93 percent, claims to be satisfied with their personal ethics and character. In another study last year, the institute found that half of teenagers 17 and under believe lying and cheating are necessary to succeed. High school students who cheated at least twice on exams are three times more likely as adults to lie to customers in business transactions”. (Jackson, 2010) America clearly has a crisis with integrity.

Integrity can be defined in many ways; but it comes down to being honest with yourself and others, no matter the consequences. Integrity is important to me because it shows who a person is at the core. Integrity is important in the criminal justice system because it is the crux of the judicial system. My mom began talking to me about “integrity” from the time I was a young boy.

Personal and Biblical Perspectives on Integrity

The definition of integrity that I have known, grown-up with, and believe to be true, is that integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. It means being honest, sincere, authentic and having good character, no matter the cost. Completing a job the right way, when no one is watching, is integrity. Keeping your word and following through with promises, when no one will check-up, is integrity. Being able to admit wrongdoings, accept criticism and make improvements without pride, is integrity. Whether a human being sees what you have or have not done, God is always watching and knows whether you are acting with integrity.

The Bible talks about “integrity” from the beginning. “Integrity” in Hebrew is used thirty times in the Bible (Orr, 1515). The translation of “integrity” into Hebrew is “tom” or “tummah”. The meaning of these translations is “simplicity”, “soundness”, “completeness”, “perfection” or “upright”. The Hebrew word for “integrity” is used several times throughout the Old Testament of the Bible (Orr, 1515). In Job 1:8, God is confirming the godliness and integrity of his faithful servant, Job: “And the

Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason’”. In Proverbs 11:3, we are reminded that those who display integrity will be guided on a straight path, but he who cannot distinguish right from wrong will be destroyed: “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity”. In Proverbs 10:9, we are reminded that he who walks with nothing concealed will have nothing to fear, but he who walks in sin will be found out: “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out”.

The Biblical definition of integrity is comparable to that of Webster’s Dictionary. Webster’s Dictionary has three different, yet similar, definitions for integrity: 1) firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: INCORRUPTIBILITY, 2) an unimpaired condition: SOUNDNESS, and 3) the quality or state of being undivided: COMPLETELENSS (Merriam-Webster, 2016).

Legal Definitions and the Importance of Integrity

The legal definition of “integrity” is less similar, but still exemplifies the same idea. According to The Law Dictionary, it is the “soundness of moral principle and character, as shown by one person dealing with others in the making and performance of contracts, and fidelity and honesty in the discharge of trusts” it is synonymous with “probity,” “honesty,” and “uprightness” (Garner, 2014).

Regardless of which definition I choose to embrace, integrity is something that I take very seriously and that is extremely important to me. Integrity is important to me because it is the way people show who they really are. There is congruity between how a person behaves (who they appear to be on the outside) and who they are on the inside. If one behaves in an honest, genuine and righteous manner, odds are, he is a man of integrity. It is very difficult to “fake” integrity. The person who seeks to be a man of integrity will naturally lean toward such behaviors and he who does not, will not likely care about such characteristics and will have difficulty exhibiting same.

Integrity in the Criminal Justice System: A Fundamental Necessity

Integrity is an important characteristic for those who work in the criminal justice system. It is the backbone of the judicial system. Without honesty, “integrity and accountability in the criminal justice system there will never be true reform” (Saady, 2018). By the end of 2018, over 2,000 people had been exonerated from criminal convictions since 1989. The majority of these people were put behind bars because of unlawful behavior of witnesses, law enforcement, the government or the courts (Saady). Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for law enforcement and court officials to behave in an illegal fashion to make sure a potentially innocent person ends up in jail. Even if they are caught, the justice system tends to be lenient with corrupt police officers. Most of the corrupt officers or corrupt officials, who are sentenced, are sentenced to less time than those who are falsely convicted. According to the Mullen Commission in 1994, “Perjury is perhaps the most widespread form of police wrongdoing facing today’s criminal justice system” (Saady, 2018). However, nearly twenty-five years later, we are seeing something that goes beyond the level of perjury. We are seeing police planting and tainting evidence, prosecutors “buying” informants in the prisons and judges selling kids down the system for monetary kickbacks.

Case Studies of Integrity Failures Within the Justice System

In February, 2018, two Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force law enforcement officers were convicted of robbery, racketeering and conspiracy. They reportedly stole cash, resold confiscated narcotics, put GPS trackers on the cars of their robbery targets and lied under oath. The two admitted to crimes of the like stretching over a ten year period. They testified that their supervisor told them to carry BB guns in case they needed to plant weapons. They conspired with a corrupt bondsman and occasionally posed as federal agents when performing arrests. The immoral and unethical behavior of the eight officers involved called into question nearly 125 cases; all of the cases were dropped. Debbie Katz Levi, head of special litigation for Baltimore’s Office of the Public Defender said, “Beyond the sheer credibility issues that should have been raised at the time, given how embedded their crimes were in their police work, all cases involving these officers are tainted” (Staff, 2018). The acting Police Commissioner, Darryl DeSousa created the Corruption Investigation Unit after this major bust of internal corruption. DeSousa said, “We recognize that this indictment and subsequent trial uncovered some of the most egregious and despicable acts ever perpetrated in law enforcement” (Staff, 2018). David Harris is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law who researches police behavior. He said, “[He’d] be willing to bet that lots of people – not just one or two – but a number of people knew that there was something stinking and rotten about this unit. And they just chose to look the other way” (Staff, 2018).

The Role of Leadership and Integrity in Governance

Looking the other way is not what FBI Director James Comey did with his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Clinton’s use of the private email server for government emails was, at best, lacking integrity. The Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton blamed Comey for her loss of the 2016 election. James Comey has a book coming out, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership”. In the book, he recalls meeting with Obama in the Oval Office in November 2016. Obama says to him, ‘“I picked you to be FBI director because of your integrity and your ability”’… ‘“I want you to know that nothing has happened in the last year to change my view”’ (Choi, 2018).

Positively or negatively, the views and agendas of governing authorities severely impact the lives of citizens. When judges lack integrity, the criminal justice system greatly suffers. Louis Brandeis said, “Our government…teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” In February, 2018, a Texas state district court judge was arrested for allegedly accepting $6,000 in cash bribes. Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado is accused of accepting bribes from an attorney in exchange for favorable judicial decisions. The cases he interfered with involved federal funding, so the charges are even more serious. He allegedly accepted three separate bribes in exchange for releasing three different clients on bond with pending cases. Delgado has had two continuances and was recently denied a second attempt to change the venue of his trial. The new trial date has not yet been set.

While it is unusual for officials to break the law to keep people out of jail, it is more common for scandalous acts to occur while putting people in jail, prison or detention. That is what happened in a Pennsylvania, Luzerne County juvenile courtroom. ‘“The judge’s whim is all that mattered in that courtroom”’,according to Marsha Levick, the legal director of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. ‘“The law was basically irrelevant”’ (Urbina, 2009). Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Judge Michael T. Conahan are known for the “Kids for Cash” scandal. It was the biggest legal scandal in state history. They were involved in a scheme which sent thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in exchange for $2.6 million in kickbacks, with which they bought homes, cars and yachts for themselves. While the two judges were living it up in their second homes in Florida, the more than 2,500 juveniles who went before them were not so fortunate. Luzerne County became infamous for imposing heavy sentences for minor infractions and first time offenders. Ciavarella also had a habit of not telling juveniles about their right to have an attorney. The number of juveniles he sent to placement more than doubled between 2001 and 2002; this was around the time Ciavarella and Conahan developed their kickback plan. This trend continued through 2007 and was more than double the Pennsylvania state average (Urbina, 2009). State auditors began to notice the monthly billing for detention centers was the same month after month for the county. The amount typically fluctuates as the number of placements fluctuates. The judges also started to struggle to hide the large amounts of money they were getting from the facilities, and they were eventually found out. Between the two, they were charged with racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery and federal tax violations. Ciavarella was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison and Conahan was sentenced to 17.5. The Supreme Court ordered the records of hundreds of juveniles sentenced by Ciavarella be cleaned.

Money is often a motivator for corruption and judicial misconduct. “…America’s courts are failing to check themselves…Judicial legitimacy derives directly from judicial restraining and integrity. And when the courts fail to police themselves, the cries of judges lamenting the intervention of other branches rings hollow” (Sample, 2018). John Grisham’s 2008 best seller, “The Appeal”, was a dark tale of justice for sale. It was based on the true story of judicial dishonesty in West Virginia. It tells about a political underworld and undisclosed funds where litigants spend millions choosing the judges who would decide their cases. In 2018, West Virginia’s House of Delegates did something which had never been done; they voted to impeach all four Supreme Court Justices for inappropriate and lavish spending of taxpayer money. One of the judges spent $500,278.23 in taxpayer money renovating her office. The same judge sold a $1.3 million jet, through her husband, to an attorney trying a multimillion case before her. The deal was never disclosed and she did not recuse herself from the case. In a different scenario, West Virginia Chief-Justice was found by the US Supreme Court to have unconstitutionally deprived a litigant of due process. The judge overturned a $50 million guilty verdict against a coal industry executive. He was seen with the coal executive in the Riviera while he was presiding over the case. James Sample, a professor of law at Maurice A Deane School of Law at Hofstra University reminds us that, “…courts and judges, be they elected or appointed, do not always adhere to the highest standards of ethics and integrity” (Sample, 2018).

Conclusion: Upholding Integrity for a Just Society

There are several ways to define integrity, but they all come down to good character, being upright and moral. “Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.” (Spreading, 1923, p. 158).Integrity is important to me because it shows who I am at my core. I read a quote by columnist Bill Vaughan that strangely, I agree with: “A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.” Integrity is important in the criminal justice system so that the system works as it was designed. “…without sustained attention to systemic and preemptive tenets of judicial ethics, books like “The Appeal” will reside on the non-fiction shelf. Such circumstances would be a loss not for the left; not for the right; but for all who believe in the ideals of America” (Sample, 2018).

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Once everyone has tried to hide up lies in order to not reveal the truth, knowing it would ruin him/her at some point but soon the truth comes out bringing big conflicts. In ‘The Crucible’ John Proctor’s lie, unfortunately, came out affecting him for life. One theme in ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller is an honesty to oneself, lies and making tough choices. In the play ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller there are a series of events that truly test the belief of a puritan. It will truly show those who are faithful. Throughout the play, we meet those who truly have integrity revealing their honesty and strong morals. John Proctor is one character that truly shows integrity. There’s a big conflict of lies upon lies, all accusing each other and what is being done that will ruin lives. Despite proctor’s affair with Abigail. John Proctor has the most integrity because he chose to ruin his reputation by confessing the truth, he chose to be honest to himself and do what’s right.

One reason John Proctor has the most integrity is although he had an affair with Abigail instead of continuing, he decided to break the affair with her. He made a mistake and fixed it by cutting her off of his life. His choice of ending their affair caused Abigail to begin accusing many just to try to get rid of Proctors’ wife and have him all to herself. John Proctor was willing to ruin his reputation just to save Elizabeth, “I have rung the doom of my good name” (p. 89). He did indeed confessed, there is no man who would confess knowing his reputation would be ruined but proctor is so concerned about his wife so he wants to do anything possible to save her. He chose to be honest and once again faithful to his wife. John Proctor learned from his mistakes changing for the better.

Adding on, John Proctor was not only honest to himself but as well to the people of Salem. John Proctor shows integrity because he only chooses to criticize himself and not betray the people from Salem. “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another” (p. 113). John Proctor was given the chance to confess although it would have to be a lie in order to not be hanged. He chose not to confess because he knew the people from Salem that were put to be hanged would be viewed as liars. John Proctor chose to be an honest man to himself and for the others. He has shown integrity by choosing to die as an honest man.

John Proctor is no perfect man. Despite the fact that he had committed adultery with Abigail it questions his integrity, but he made many choices that changed up his character for the better, then becoming a man with integrity. John Proctor did have an affair, it was definitely wrong, but he most importantly ended the affair. In Act 1 John Proctor confronts Abigail making it clear he doesn’t want anything to do with her, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby” (p. 18). We are so imperfect, no one is perfect in this world. John Proctor made a mistake and made the choice, to be honest, no man would easily decide to confess the truth giving a result of ruining his reputation. John Proctor admits the time he spent with Abigail but made it clear it would never happen again. He fixed his mistake, although that won’t change the fact that he had an affair with Abigail but it would change his character, John Proctor is becoming a better man making the choices that are right. John Proctors’ death at the end of the play has taught us not only the importance of integrity but as well as the consequences that occur when not having much integrity. John Proctor died as a nobleman making him have integrity. John Proctors’ wife also believes he has integrity stating, Proctor is in conflict with himself throughout the whole play. He does not want anyone to know of his affair with Abigail. He wants to conserve his integrity he has which leads to various events in the trials that transform him into becoming an honorable man at the end. John Proctor keeps his integrity by not lying to himself or the people from Salem. Soon coming to conclusion, he finds forgiveness with himself.