h ,~�����Y5�D��˷�����%�o�(@h��C����n�����g�U��Yt��8@�Z*= �i�)��4�ꥮ&. x^�ْ��}�BO)��R�g�qN�mv��gG����@�� 4H��\K �h�}���7�߼����j��25u=�}�Ig����M���J�75˳e]�ʬX�bv����b޼$�|��T��da�� /F2 9 0 R As an entrepreneur, when you are late with a committed business plan or meeting with an investor, you lose integrity. Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed), Part I: Creation. There are costs to integrity but the benefits of living in truth cannot be underestimated. The integrity of a business affects all customer groups and every area of business operations. Guided by sound research and theological reflection, we create tools and resources to empower business people to work and lead with integrity. Acting with integrity and speaking of it as a valued characteristic of your business will encourage others to act with integrity toward you. Business could not exist if it was run as the protestors insist it is. Speaking and acting honestly should be the way we live, even when it is more difficult and even when it is potentially costlier. It will help deliver consistently high standards of conduct throughout the Group, reinforcing our reputation around the world. Business integrity is the same thing; however, it is a business that is doing it. 2012/02/28. 4 0 obj << Integrity is the right way, if not always the easy way. stream Integrity isn’t something easily monetized, but when it’s implemented into a business’s DNA, there is plenty of money to save and the great potential to make more. They’ll recommend you to others and become your greatest advocates. For more information, visit https://extension.msu.edu. That is a lesson for all of us from Ukraine. /F4 15 0 R Integrity in Business: An Evaluation of Integrity across German and American Culture Keya Somera, MSM M. Kenneth Holt, PhD Austin Peay State University PO Box 4416 Clarksville, TN 37044 Abstract Integrity is necessary in all of business. Ukraine had just had a revolution and overthrown a leader who dealt in untruths and facilitated corruption that enhanced the riches of those who were loyal to him. /Length 5551 They won’t feel taken advantage of and they’ll want to keep giving you their business time and time again. What does integrity look like in daily business? You can use it as a principal for employees to be honest and expect the best from them. Reference to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned. Here are some practical ways it will be evident: Living and doing business with integrity means you don’t have to worry about the truth coming out later – because most times, it will. Integrity and virtuous Practices are their own reward.Too bad ignorance reigns in the streets today.Perhaps someone needs to write a "integrity in Protesting" series! Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed), Part II: The Fall, Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed), Part III: Redemption, Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed), Part IV: New Creation. Guided by sound research and theological reflection, we create tools and resources to empower business people to work and lead with integrity. /F1 6 0 R With honesty we may have to admit things are not good, but we do so with a clear conscience and do not have to worry about the truth coming out later. /F3 12 0 R While in Kiev, Ukraine recently on a trip to speak at the VII Ukrainian Dairy Congress for Michigan State University Extension, I was reminded of the absolute importance of integrity. Arlen Specter PICTURE. Business runs well where the leaders follow these guidelines. /Resources << The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress, protected by code 18 USC 707. Does “integrity” come quickly to mind? The Center for Integrity in Business at Seattle Pacific University studies and addresses real-life challenges that business practitioners face daily. He earned a Ph.D. in Theology and Society from Marquette University, and an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas. /F5 18 0 R Director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, University of St. Thomas. Check yourself to make sure you are a person of integrity and then communicate that value to your employees. Yet, success with family, friends, neighbors, communities and countries depend on integrity, and it begins with the individual. Michael Naughton is the director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, and holds the Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair in Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN). He has also spearheaded collaborations on topics such as A Theology of Institutions and Seeing Things as a Whole.