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[closed] How often do people have integrity in the workplace?

Hello,

My name is Aimee and I am a business major with an interest in administration and a concentration of management. I want to learn more about becoming a manager who can lead others. I would like to be more of a leader because I would not want to be seen as bossy, controlling, or rude to others. I do great and align my actions, words, and values together. For example, my opinion on fitness is that everyone should find something to do daily to push themselves and feel great afterwards. Therefore, I exercise for a varying 40 minutes to an hour daily. Also, since I love management, I go after my dreams by asking for assitance on questions, gathering business intelligence, and consulting teachers and classmates about business happenings. I am aware that some may not agree with what I do, and I do not care one bit. I think that doing busines should be based on consistency, trust, and respect against character assassination and retaliation. Does a manager simply fire employees who do not act accordingly?

Thank you for your answer. #business-administration #business-management #leadership

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Kim’s Answer

I find that the more loudly a company/organization professes to be "ethical," the less likely it is to be true. Similar observation about "diversity and inclusion." Look at the employees on the websites. Few who are elderly, disabled, or unfit (sorry, "unfitness" can sometimes be the result of medical issues, not always a sign of sloth). Anyway, I digress. Companies have "human resource" departments to do all the dirty work. Employees go to them to complain about sexual harassment, discrimination, etc., and HR sets the wheels in motion to minimize the damages to the company. For some strange reason, this usually involves protecting the offender. An employee who complains or blows the whistle, even though "encouraged" to do so in the employee handbook, soon finds himself unemployed. Sorry Aimee. It's the truth. I had a professor, Mark Priewe, who used to say, "In order to change the system, you have to join the system. BUT it is a rare person who can join the system and not be changed BY the system."


I wish I could put a more positive spin on this. I had a friend/supervisor who fabricated lies to help his superiors get rid of me.


On a different note, at a job interview, I once was asked "what is the difference between loyalty and integrity, which is more important, and why?"
Sad to say, while people claim to want integrity, what they really want is loyalty. Blind loyalty is not a good thing.


Happy to discuss further if you like!

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Miriam’s Answer

Hello Aimee,


I would say it totally depends on the seriousness of the matter, in my personal experience not all people in an organization show integrity, however in some companies that have high standards, the actions of their employees have consequences and should align with the culture of the organization

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