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'''Integrity''' is the property of being faithful to your own values or values you are sworn to uphold.  
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'''Integrity''' is the [[property]] of being [[faith]]ful to what you believe in or the values you are sworn to uphold. Integrity as a character or personality trait is defined as someone that is [[honest]] and [[truth]]ful in what they say or do. A person with integrity is typically one with honesty, sense of duty, and sound moral principles above all else.<ref>[http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmc/leadership_traits.htm Marine Corps Leadership Traits], ''Center for Strategic Leadership Studies'', (2010).</ref>
  
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It can also be used to mean being complete and sound. An example: The integrity of the roof was not compromised by the hail storm.  
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* The [[Michael Bellesiles|Bellesiles]] case underlines how essential it is that historians take their critical role seriously and always place it before their political inclinations. Our professional integrity demands it.<ref>[http://reason.com/archives/2003/03/01/disarming-history/3 Disarming History]</ref>
  
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==References==
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==See also==
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* [[peer review]]
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Latest revision as of 14:22, July 13, 2016

Integrity is the property of being faithful to what you believe in or the values you are sworn to uphold. Integrity as a character or personality trait is defined as someone that is honest and truthful in what they say or do. A person with integrity is typically one with honesty, sense of duty, and sound moral principles above all else.[1]

  • The Bellesiles case underlines how essential it is that historians take their critical role seriously and always place it before their political inclinations. Our professional integrity demands it.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Marine Corps Leadership Traits, Center for Strategic Leadership Studies, (2010).
  2. ↑ Disarming History

See also