Quotes About Ethics

La integridad no es tanto lo que hacemos sino lo que somos. Y lo que somos, a su vez, determina lo que hacemos.

As you reflect on your values, you should settle what you believe in three key areas: Ethical values - What does it mean to do the right thing for the right reason? Relational values - How do you build an environment of trust and respect with others? Success values - What goals are worth spending your life on?

Billy Graham said, "Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. We must constantly strive to keep our integrity intact.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said, "I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." The

I have had to let go of my need to be right and focus on the greater need to do right.

The Man Who Could Do No Wrong by Dr. Charles Blair

Thomas J. Watson, the former chairman of IBM, said, "Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

We don't get to pick our talents or IQ. But we do choose our character. In fact, we create it every time we make choices—to cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price.

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.

Management has no power. Management has only responsibility." I

Are you doing what you ask others to do?

When leaders learn and live good values, they make themselves more valuable and lift the value of other people. That is the foundation of positive leadership.

Good actions represent the dividing line between words and results.

DETERMINE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, EVEN WHEN IT HURTS.

Leading with a lack of integrity is choosing to fail before taking your first step."5

Irresponsible leaders have a "me first" attitude and use their position for personal benefit.

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned.

Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.

La honestidad no es algo que haces; la honestidad es quién eres».

with success come options. How we use those options reveals our character.

Just as personal values influence and guide an individual's behavior, organizational values influence and guide the team's behavior.

The respect that leadership must have requires that one's ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of the 'gray areas.

Haz lo correcto día tras día. No existen atajos para las cosas que valen la pena.

President Abraham Lincoln once remarked, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Few people have more power than an American president. Being the so-called leader