Hailing from a technology services background, much of my success and long-term client relationships have been made possible due to my adherence to integrity. I consider it from two, related perspectives: Firstly, the integrity as we normally know as the act and character of being honest to all those who rely on us. Secondly, and at a more sublime level, is the integrity to one’s word and when “word and deed have not parted company”.
I have faced quite a few tests of Integrity in my eventful career. One of them was when I was working with ABC Inc. As a practice in the Information Technology business, every computer application/software is tested before being deployed full-time. In one such test, I noticed an error in one of the key computer programs (software) that had the potential to bill the client excessively. Having joined the company a mere 2 months earlier at that point, I mentioned it to a colleague of mine who was in-charge of the computer software and its workings. I was told that this would be highlighted as one of the “Findings of the Test” and would be reported to clients “at a later stage”.
However, The Testing phase was thus “completed without any further issues”. He (colleagues referenced above) was also given the responsibility to handle the entire project as well…..