Why is Integrity and Respect Overlooked in the Workplace?
Given the current job market, I have been thinking lately about how limited the classic resume is in terms of communicating personal characteristics such as integrity, respect and passion. It is unfortunate that the first review of candidates is based entirely on a piece of paper that is one-dimensional. This reinforces the argument that we all need to build a strong network so that we have internal sponsors who can verbally communicate some of our personal values. On a recent blog post, I received a comment that offered an outstanding quote on Integrity. It was a quote from 1998, by a Captain Conway, a platoon commander at the USMC’s Officer Candidate School. He said, “Integrity is like virginity. Once you lose it, you can never get it back.” In my opinion, this is very accurate. I see too many people in business, that are willing to compromise their integrity and business ethics – “just this one time”. It is as if it is a white lie and the ends-justify-the-means. The problem with thi
