Andre John Haddad
Industrial Psychologist

(May 2007) 

Integrity isn’t a value … anymore. If that’s regrettable, it could be argued that it’s just a point of view. However, value or not, integrity is a core element in an organization that wants to survive its employees! In a business setting, integrity is about displaying full, unwavering truthfulness with regard to what we say and do. Our level of integrity is tested and determined by how honest we are in difficult situations where the right answer requires courage and a clear understanding of what’s ethical. We can safely say that the work place is replete with those opportunities.

This cautionary tale about people’s integrity (and deceitfulness) will present a few suggestions on how to deal with people who lack integrity and practice deception as a matter of course. I will also make the case for integrity as a competency because simply put, it isn’t a contemporary value.