integrity
ANAYSHA BOOM
DECEMBER 6,2013
MLVRCS
7-2
INTEGRITY
I think t hat integrity y is super import ant because integrity is like showing your respect t o another person and it s like helping and or alerting another person when this situation happens right away like in a heartbeat that 's why you show integrity because one day something like t hat happens t o you t hat person or another person would show t heir integrity t o you.
Having integrity is something that defines a person. If a person says what he/ she says they will do, this is integrity. If a person lives up to commitments, that is integrity. The importance of integrity in public life is that society operates more smoothly. For example, if there is no integrity, you can not writ e checks at stores due to the high risk of t hem bouncing, which translates o lost revenue or higher cost s of doing business f or st ores. Without integrity, it is more difficult t o borrow money for a home or car. Without integrity, the government has to step in and pass very expensive laws such as t he
Sarbanes-Oxley act t hat cost s businesses billions of dollars per year just t o show t hat t hey are acting appropriately. Without integrity, lawyers make more money and everything cost s more for us because those fees get rolled into the goods and services we use every day.
In the book "The Speed of Trust " by Stephen M.R. Covey, not t o be confused wit h Stephen Covey, it makes a very good case f or t his. It basically says t hat lack of integrity and t rust in others slows life down and makes it more expensive. He also t ells a story of how
Warren Buffet did a very large business deal based on a handshake
and it only took a few months t o close t he deal because t hey had a great deal of t rust bet ween t hem. This t rust saved many months and millions of dollars in fees of all kinds f or Mr. Buffet and t he business partner.
A man named Gabe used t o work as a clerk for Party
DECEMBER 6,2013
MLVRCS
7-2
INTEGRITY
I think t hat integrity y is super import ant because integrity is like showing your respect t o another person and it s like helping and or alerting another person when this situation happens right away like in a heartbeat that 's why you show integrity because one day something like t hat happens t o you t hat person or another person would show t heir integrity t o you.
Having integrity is something that defines a person. If a person says what he/ she says they will do, this is integrity. If a person lives up to commitments, that is integrity. The importance of integrity in public life is that society operates more smoothly. For example, if there is no integrity, you can not writ e checks at stores due to the high risk of t hem bouncing, which translates o lost revenue or higher cost s of doing business f or st ores. Without integrity, it is more difficult t o borrow money for a home or car. Without integrity, the government has to step in and pass very expensive laws such as t he
Sarbanes-Oxley act t hat cost s businesses billions of dollars per year just t o show t hat t hey are acting appropriately. Without integrity, lawyers make more money and everything cost s more for us because those fees get rolled into the goods and services we use every day.
In the book "The Speed of Trust " by Stephen M.R. Covey, not t o be confused wit h Stephen Covey, it makes a very good case f or t his. It basically says t hat lack of integrity and t rust in others slows life down and makes it more expensive. He also t ells a story of how
Warren Buffet did a very large business deal based on a handshake
and it only took a few months t o close t he deal because t hey had a great deal of t rust bet ween t hem. This t rust saved many months and millions of dollars in fees of all kinds f or Mr. Buffet and t he business partner.
A man named Gabe used t o work as a clerk for Party