Integrity as a Virtue

Cox, Damian; Caze, Marguerite La; Levine, Michael P.

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“…The first of these problems is addressed by McFall (1987), who argues that the desires that are relevant to integrity depend on identity-conferring commitments which a person would regret abandoning and whose potential importance is recognized by reasonable others. The second problem arises because it seems intuitively clear that a person of integrity could have several identity-conferring commitments that are sometimes imperfectly integrated and that a perfectly integrated life may sometimes be undesirable (Dare 2021; Cox, La Caze, and Levine 2014). In line with this observation, Swanton (2021a, 167) identifies the virtue of appropriate disunity, which is achieved by “an agent who is disposed to lead a life that is neither so disunified that she cannot handle it nor so unified that her life lacks variety or challenge.” In this article, we take the view that the formal aspect of integrity requires the type of consistency favored by McFall and Swanton: that is, that a person of integrity is one who has identity-conferring commitments that are appropriately disunified.…”

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“…Neo-Aristotelians identify two more reasons that integrity is important: first, a lack of integrity results in an inability fully to exercise one’s moral agency, and second, a life without integrity has an unintelligible narrative that cannot be ordered toward eudaimonia (MacIntyre 2016, 228–29; 2007, 205; 1999b). People possessing the virtues of appropriate narrative disunity and overall narrative goodness pick the right projects and pursue them with constancy (Beadle 2013; MacIntyre 1999b, 318); one could therefore characterize integrity from a virtue-ethical perspective as a propensity to take one’s life seriously (Cox, La Caze, and Levine 2014).…”

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Moral Disjunction and Role Coadunation in Business and the Professions

Mota

Morrison

2023

Bus. Ethics Q.

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We consider the problem of moral disjunction in professional and business activities from a virtue-ethical perspective. Moral disjunction arises when the behavioral demands of a role conflict with personal morality; it is an important problem because most people in modern societies occupy several complex roles that can cause this clash to occur. We argue that moral disjunction, and the psychological mechanisms that people use to cope with it, are problematic because they make it hard to pursue virtue and to live with integrity. We present role coadunation as a process with epistemic and behavioral aspects that people can use to resolve moral disjunction with integrity. When role coadunation is successful, it enables people to live virtuous lives of appropriate narrative disunity and to honor their identity-conferring commitments. We show how role coadunation can be facilitated by interpretive communities and discuss the emergence and ideal features of those communities.

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Moral Disjunction and Role Coadunation in Business and the Professions

Mota

Morrison

2023

Bus. Ethics Q.

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“…The concept of integrity has its origins at the individual level, just like virtue. Many scholars involved in the study of integrity claim that an elaborated definition of the concept has been absent to this day (see also Cox et al, 2017;Dodd & Dodd, 2014;Koehn, 2005;Paine, 2014).…”

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“…11 Cox et al (2017) provide a well-structured summary of the different perspectives and interpretations of integrity.…”

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The conception of organizational integrity: A derivation from the individual level using a virtue‐based approach

Fuerst

Luetge

2021

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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This paper extends previous attempts at understanding the nature of organizational integrity and its increasingly important role for companies which, after all, bear a moral and societal responsibility. Interpretations of organizational integrity in business ethics literature incorporate aspects ranging from the behavior of managers and employees to corporate structures and incentive systems. We argue that virtue ethics builds an indispensable framework for understanding the origin of the concept of integrity and transfer these findings to an organizational level. Hence, we first define organizational integrity, and second operationalize it in a closed three‐step process, consisting of morally sound corporate commitments, their transparent institutionalization within the company, and their implementation into actions. We consider the main goal of organizational integrity to be of a preventative investment nature. Organizational integrity is a company investment that translates into avoiding fines for potential violations of the law or ethical missteps, as well as an investment in the company’s reputation. In turn, organizational integrity can protect a company from disruptions that can threaten its existence. Defining and operationalizing the concept of organizational integrity provides the foundation for future scientific research and the basis for developing practical guidance for organizations and managers.

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“…In the development of the discussion of integrity, Cox, Case, and Levine (2017) as cited from Frankfurt (1987) classified integrity as the integration of self, integrity as maintenance of identity, integrity as standing for something, integrity as moral purpose and integrity as a virtue (Stanford Encyclopedia, 2013, 2017 . Integrity as self-integration means keeping the self-intact and uncorrupted (wholeness/intactness).…”

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Organizational Integrity of Administrators of Divine Word Colleges in Region I, Philippines and Employees’ Job Satisfaction As Perceived by the Employees

Abun¹

2017

TIJAR

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The study was to determine the level of integrity of administrators of Divine Word Colleges in Northern Province, Philippine, and determine the effect of organizational integrity and job satisfaction of employees. It was found that overall, the integrity of administrators were at the moderate or good level. It was also established that the level of integrity of administrators influence employees' job satisfaction. Such relationship concludes that employees' job satisfaction is not just caused by monetary reward but how the administrators carry out their duties and responsibilities in an ethical manner.

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Integrity as a Virtue

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Moral Disjunction and Role Coadunation in Business and the Professions

Moral Disjunction and Role Coadunation in Business and the Professions

The conception of organizational integrity: A derivation from the individual level using a virtue‐based approach

Organizational Integrity of Administrators of Divine Word Colleges in Region I, Philippines and Employees’ Job Satisfaction As Perceived by the Employees

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