Integrity
comes from unity and honesty. It means a person has some code of ethics
according these ethics person being loyal to himself and do the good things
either anyone see him or not. Integrity and honesty are the two words which
have different meaning in some extent. Integrity means a person who have some
moral values according to these moral ethics he is doing right things in an
effective way. Integrity means a code of honor which prevents you to do some
specific tasks that are not good in the favor of humanity.
Oprah Winfrey says:
“Real
integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether
you did it or not.”
Whereas
honesty means always you speak the truth either you are doing good or the bad
things. In general the word honesty means a person never tells a lie.
Taylor Lautner says about honesty:
Honesty
and loyalty are keys. If two people can be honest with each other about
everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
The
difference between honesty and integrity will be clear from the below examples.
The
example of integrity in the daily life you can apply the integrity when you
will go to the shop and if he returns back too much money then you must have to
inform him that you gave me too much change. And you can also explain honesty
with the help of example if I have reference for a job which hurts someone else.
When a person ask me, that did you have reference then I am honest and say yes.
When
you have the quality of integrity it means what are the conditions either good
or bad but person always true to yourself. He will not do anything bad which
dishonors him. Either no one is monitoring him.
Political Integrity
Integrity
is also important factor in the field of politics because politicians are
elected from different regions to serve the society. When a politician elected
from their own region then he has more responsibilities such as control
policies, to execute the best decisions. Politician has the ability to
influence someone. However, they have power either they will serve nation or
not. When a politician is elected from a region then he must have requires integrity. Muel Kaptein describes in his book “Servant of the People” that politicians must know about their
rights and responsibilities because when the word integrity comes then it means
a person have knowledge and responsible in their actions and behavior.
Integrity
not comprises on just moral values which are accepted, but mainly it consists
of the ethical behavior of the politicians what they are doing they must have
the reasonable arguments. The good politicians have the quality of faithfulness
and accountability. Specially, they should have the qualities of a role model
which are authentic in front of everyone.
Paulo
Coelho says about politics:
“Culture
makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other
better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political
barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end,
just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.”