“…Research showed that leader integrity amplifies employee performance (Yang, Liu, Wang & Zhang, 2019) and that leadership integrity can make a turnaround of even those known as corrupt institutions because it fuels ethical leadership and accountability (Alam, Said & Abd Aziz, 2019; van Eeden Jones & Lasthuizen, 2018). In governance, one of the competencies needed is integrity competitiveness in business and society to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); otherwise, investment money will go to bribery, tax evasion, theft, and other unscrupulous practices (Smidova, 2020;Xiaoming, Conghu & Fujun, 2020). This integrity competitiveness includes regulation, reward incentives, technology and training (Kang, 2021).…”