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Integrity and Social Responsibility

Integrity and Social Responsibility

A - Theoretical grounds:

Description of Integrity and How it Relates to Behavior Action and Free Choice

The concept of being consistent in ones actions, methods, measures, values, principals, outcomes and expectations is Integrity. Ethically speaking, Integrity is the act of being honest, truthful and accurate. Integrity can be, regarded to be hypocrisy's opposite, as internal consistency is, regarded as a virtue and it is, suggested that parties that have apparent values that conflict should be accountable for the discrepancy and change their beliefs.

The word integer, which means complete, is where Integrity has stemmed from, and in this context, integrity means wholeness, which is, derived from qualities such as consistency in ones character and honesty. An individual can be, judged to have integrity if they are acting in accordance to their values, principals and beliefs they claim to have (Severne, 2000).

A value system evolves with time though integrity is, retained as long as those who support the values are accountable and inconsistencies are resolved. When focusing on morals and behavior, some view integrity as the virtue of actions based on a framework of internally consistent principles. An individual can be, described to have integrity when everything the individual believes, every method they follow, every measure they take and every principal they follow are, and derived from a standard core set of values.

One main aspect of a continuous framework is it avoids any unwarranted exceptions of a specific individual or group, specially that person who holds together the framework. According to the law this application universally done requires that even those people who have a position and have official power should be, subjected to similar laws that pertain to their fellow citizens. In personal ethics, the principles require that an individual should not act in accordance to a rule they do not want to be, applied universally and followed, for instance one should not steal if they are not ready to accept everyone around as thieves, a concept introduced by Immanuel Kant.

Concerning being accountable, integrity is the level of willingness one has to adjust to value system for maintaining or improving the level of consistency, when the results that are expected appear incongruent with the outcomes observed. Some may have even regarded integrity to be virtue which would explain why they see being accountable and being morally responsible as compulsory tools to maintain consistency (Carroll, 1979).

According to the value theory, integrity is responsible for providing causation that is, expected from a base value and its implementation or other such values. The emergence of a value system takes place when values and measures that are, observed are in consistence with the expectations. Some researchers have commented that integrity is personal as it is about ones honesty and behaving in accordance to one's values and beliefs at all time. When integrity is, spoken about, it emphasized the concepts of wholeness or being intact on ones moral stance or the way one ...