Re: Integrity is...hard to define, and exceedingly difficult to assess... ChalIenge Accepted!
I think integrity is closely related to credibility. It has been said that the best way to gain the reputation for being a credible person is to do the things you say yes to/commit to. Credibility builds trust. Saying no to things (discipline) de…
Re: Integrity is...hard to define, and exceedingly difficult to assess... ChalIenge Accepted!
I think integrity is closely related to credibility. It has been said that the best way to gain the reputation for being a credible person is to do the things you say yes to/commit to. Credibility builds trust. Saying no to things (discipline) decreases your chances of overpromising and underdelivering. It is the denominator in the integrity equation: Total number of things you tell people you will do / the total number of things you actually do.
Yes, I think my equation works with this. If you say you'll do 10 things and you deliver on all of them, then 10/10 = 1. A whole number, complete in itself, intact. I'm aware that I'm ignoring the 'having strong moral values' part of integrity. But I think this might be secondary to my primary argument. I'll have to think about it more on that.
Re: Integrity is...hard to define, and exceedingly difficult to assess... ChalIenge Accepted!
I think integrity is closely related to credibility. It has been said that the best way to gain the reputation for being a credible person is to do the things you say yes to/commit to. Credibility builds trust. Saying no to things (discipline) decreases your chances of overpromising and underdelivering. It is the denominator in the integrity equation: Total number of things you tell people you will do / the total number of things you actually do.
What do you think?
You might also base the definition of Integrity on it's root word... integer.
A whole number.
Complete in itself.
Yes, I think my equation works with this. If you say you'll do 10 things and you deliver on all of them, then 10/10 = 1. A whole number, complete in itself, intact. I'm aware that I'm ignoring the 'having strong moral values' part of integrity. But I think this might be secondary to my primary argument. I'll have to think about it more on that.