The Many Faces of Integrity

Audi, Robert; Murphy, Patrick E.

doi:10.5840/beq20061615

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“…An interesting distinction among concepts of integrity was made by Audi and Murphy (Audi and Murphy, 2006). The authors differentiate between the aretaic and integrational sense of the word "integrity".…”

Section: Morality and Definitions Of Integritymentioning

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“…Integrity is criticized as a highly ambiguous or vague notion (e.g., Audi and Murphy, 2006). The question arises if every concept of integrity should be eliminated from scientific or philosophical literature as useless and rhetorical, something suitable as a means of moralizing, and as a trick of business propaganda in order to create shiny corporate images.…”

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“…The proposed definitions belong to the tradition of describing integrity as a moral purpose and as a virtue (Ashford, 2000, Halfon, 1989, Scherkoske, 2012, Cox et al, 2003, Audi and Murphy, 2006. Moreover, they strive to develop and modify some characteristics suggested by theorists believing that (moral) integrity is something very general rather than a narrowly conceived moral quality.…”

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Organizational ethical integrity: good and bad illusions

Polowczyk

2017

Palgrave Commun

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Integrity has always been an ambiguous or vague concept. Integrity as a general concept seems to be too problematic in philosophical or scientific language. This paper will aim to improve and preserve the specific notion of integrity-the concept of moral integrity as a virtue and as a moral purpose, and its opposite-the concept of counterfeit moral integrity or false moral integrity. It stresses a strong relationship between the concepts of morality and the concept of moral integrity: if moralities are diverse, moral integrity has many forms too, and the forms are only as good as the morality behind them. The paper emphasizes their organizational dimensions because any organizational impact-due to its scale-can be especially beneficial or detrimental to society. The first objective is to introduce a preliminary conceptual order by means of definitions and typologies to support clearer (language analysis) and more critical (Critical Theory) thinking on organizational moral integrity: establishing definitions of moral and ethical integrity, new definitions of material and formal moral integrity, descriptions of irrational and rational moral integrit, and individual and organizational moral integrity. The definitions and typologies are designed to be prototypes of false integrity "detectors". The second objective is to outline an ideal of a total and rational moral commitment for every organization: organizational material ethical integrity (OMEI). The ideal of OMEI points out that most self-proclaimed ethical organizations are probably not ethically committed. The third objective is to justify the theses that (1) moral integrity can be good or bad, not simply good, and that (2) false moral integrity can be good. Whether we think of "Kantian-Nazi" integrity of Adolf Eichmann or lethal and irrational integrity of Islamic State fighters, moral integrity based on bad morality is bad. False ethical integrity (or rational moral integrity) is always bad because it imitates good morality for a bad purpose, for example: rational discourse on integrity can be a "smokescreen" to hide exploitation of labor or environmental degradation. As in the case with Irena Sendler who pretended to be "a good slave" to save children's lives, false moral integrity can be ethically good if it simulates bad morality for a good purpose. The paper offers ethical justifications for "ethical prestidigitators", "warriors of illusions", masters of "moral aikido": persons and organizations that use counterfeit integrity to maximize ethical values.

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Section: Morality and Definitions Of Integritymentioning

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Section: Morality and Definitions Of Integritymentioning

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Section: Morality and Definitions Of Integritymentioning

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Organizational ethical integrity: good and bad illusions

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2017

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“…Second, various discussions about individual and organizational integrity have emphasized the nature of integrity as aligned with being principled (Audi & Murphy, 2006;Koehn, 2005). Being principled, however, need not imply (as it often does) that one is committed blindly to principles or that principles the uniform treatment of similar situations.…”

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Understanding the Role of Moral Principles in Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective

Smith¹,

Dubbink²

2011

Bus. Ethics Q.

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Does effective moral judgment in business ethics rely upon the identification of a suitable set of moral principles? We address this question by examining a number of criticisms of the role that principles can play in moral judgment. Critics claim that reliance on principles requires moral agents to abstract themselves from actual circumstances, relationships and personal commitments in answering moral questions. This is said to enforce an artificial uniformity in moral judgment. We challenge these critics by developing an account of principle-based moral judgment that has been widely discussed by contemporary Kantian scholars. In so doing we respond to some basic problems raised by so-called "moral particularists" who voice theoretical objections to the role of principles as well as to contemporary business ethicists who have criticized principle-based moral judgment along similar lines. We conclude with some future areas of research.

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“…Integrity is defined as a composition of coherent, consistent and potentially ethical actions and behavior of individuals and organizations (Young, 2011), it is also considered as an outstanding feature of virtue (Audi and Murphy, 2006) and a good personality (MacIntyre, 1984;Palanski and Yammarino, 2007). Coherence reflects the harmony between all parts as one of the virtues of structural integrity, while consistency is another virtue of structural integrity and indicates reliability.…”

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Organizational Hypocrisy and Integrity in Turkish Context: A Theoretical Analysis

Kılıçoğlu¹

2017

Educational Administration: Theory and Practice

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In the process of acquiring legitimacy and adaptation with organizational environment, there can be contradictions and discrepancy between statements and actual practices, and these paradoxical relations could pave the ground for the organizational behavior, which can be referred to as organizational hypocrisy. In educational institutions, hypocrisy means inconsistent individual values, benefits, opinions and actions at schools that affect the behavior of individuals. It could be concluded that hypocrisy at schools is observed when decisions are easily stated but not implemented. One of the mechanisms that can be used to eliminate negative results of organizational hypocrisy at schools is to ensure organizational integrity. For the sake of ensuring organizational integrity, it is expected from school administrators and other staff to be men of their word, to keep their promises, to internalize adopted values and reflect them in their actions, and not to ignore ethical principles in all educational and administrational processes. Limited number of theoretical and empirical studies that investigated which parameters are affected by organizational hypocrisy and what kind of outcomes it gave birth in schools caused difficulties in studying the term organizational hypocrisy. Besides, it was considered that studies related to how to deal with organizational hypocrisy at schools are limited in terms of their contribution to theoretical literature. Thus, the present study aims to evaluate organizational hypocrisy and organizational integrity, as opposed to hypocrisy, theoretically and to make some inferences based on the schools in Turkey. In the current study, organizational hypocrisy and integrity were discussed in Turkish context by examining these terms theoretically and providing recommendations for eliminating negative results of organizational hypocrisy.Keywords: Educational organizations, organizational hypocrisy, organizational integrity, Turkish education system ÖzÖrgütlerin işleyişinde söylem, karar ve eylem tutarlılığı gerek örgüt üyeleri gerekse örgütün örgütsel alanındaki imajı açısından son derece önemlidir. Örgütlerden ve özellikle de yöneticilerden genellikle söylemleri doğrultusunda hareket etmesi diğer bir deyişle vaat ettiği şeyleri yerine getirmesi beklenmektedir. Örgütlerin meşruiyet kazanma ve kurumsal çevreleriyle benzeşme sürecinde söylemleri ile gerçek uygulamaları uyumları arasında tezatlıklar veya çelişkiler yaşanabilmekte ve ortaya çıkan bu paradoksal ilişkiler örgütsel ikiyüzlülük olarak ifade edilen örgütsel davranışı hazırlayabilmektedir. Eğitim örgütleri açısından ikiyüzlülük, okuldaki bireylerin eylemlerini etkileyen sahip oldukları tutarsız değerler, çıkarlar, fikirler ve eylemler anlamına gelmektedir. Okullarda örgütsel ikiyüzlülüğün kararların kolayca ifade edildiği; ancak yerine getirilmediği zaman görüldüğü ifade edilebilir. Okullarda örgütsel ikiyüzlüğün olumsuz sonuçlarının ortadan kaldırılmasında kullanılabilecek mekanizmalardan biri örgütsel bütünlüğü sağlamadır. Örgüts...

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The Many Faces of Integrity

Cited by 139 publications

References 10 publications

Organizational ethical integrity: good and bad illusions

Organizational ethical integrity: good and bad illusions

Understanding the Role of Moral Principles in Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective

Organizational Hypocrisy and Integrity in Turkish Context: A Theoretical Analysis

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