CORE VALUES are qualities that define your existence. They are the
cornerstones around which life revolves. Values give a framework to your
life. They give you things which you believe in and follow for the rest
of your life. Values are important because they lend a modicum of
meaning to your life and provide the guiding light to all of your
activities. Indeed values are those intangible aspects of a person's
personality, which although unseen, still continue to govern his actions
and all that he does. And one of the core values, integrity, is
prescribed to be one which you ought to follow for life.
Corporate Values and Personal Values
Corporate values and personal values are two things which can be
different and similar at the same time. Corporate values are those
values which the entire organization espouses. Often those values are
forced upon the employees of the company by the owners, as they are the
values of the owner and not necessarily those of the employee. But the
need for corporate values is clear when you look at the bigger picture.
If so many people with a different value system come together, wouldn't
that lead to chaos? Hence at times, it is essential to have a standard
value system for all.
Personal values are more close to a person's psyche because, well, they
are his own. If values like integrity stem from within himself, then he
will obviously be able to follow these values better than he would
follow corporate values and integrity.
Achieving Integrity
Like I said before, core values are values which you ought to
internalize and follow for the rest of your life, for they stand for
what you believe in. Integrity, honesty, hard work, self-belief... the
list could go on and on. But certainly, there are the values which are
existence-defining and make you the person you are. Of course, you may
choose the opposite, less cherished 'dark side' of dishonesty, cruelty
and mannerliness, but then those aren't the right things to have.
What does integrity stand for? Integrity means keeping one's morality
intact. A person who believes in being morally correct is said to have
integrity.
So what does a person with integrity do? Is it about helping an old lady
cross the road? Is it the voice of conscience which stops him before he
picks up something that is not his? Is it about respecting his elders
and taking care of those younger to him?
Well it is a mix of all these things. Integrity is being passionate
about what you do. Integrity is being passionate about what you believe
in. It is about being morally correct in all your endeavors. It is about
following the rest of your core values and not wavering in doing so. It
is about following what you believe in, which is morally correct.
Integrity, as you see is a very important value to possess in life. A
man is judged a lot on his integrity to his family, his work and most of
all, to himself.
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In today's society, we have let another standard other than the Biblical standard of integrity prevail. One example is the car repair industry. Someone has written a book outlining the standards for charging for specific repairs i.e. The "standard time" it takes to remove and install a "starter" on a particular vehicle is __ hours. So that is how many hours the customer gets charged no matter how many actual hours the job took. This "standard" is set according to "average proficiency" of a trained mechanic at the major auto industry schools for mechanics. If this standard was used as a reference point, it would be more honest. Proverbs 11:1, Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is His delight.
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