integrity

in·teg·ri·ty

The man showed that he was a person of integrity when he picked up the wallet and returned it to the pedestrian who unknowingly dropped it.

noun

The definition of integrity is the following of moral or ethical principles, and doing the same as what you say.

Determining What Is Ethical

You will probably be behaving ethically if:

Public Policy - You behave in line with what most people believe is right.
Personal Judgment - You do what you know in your heart is right.

Moral Truths - You hold widely held beliefs. For example, it is widely considered an inalienable truth that killing is wrong.

There is no clear answer to what is ethical or to what ethical behavior is. Many turn to religion or to the law to give guidance as to ethical behavior.

An example of integrity is the adherence to all of the Ten Commandments.
An example of integrity is a person who speaks about the need to improve the educational system in the United States and who volunteers to tutor local school children, or votes for a proposal to give raises to high performing teachers, or gives money to charities that provided scholarships for deserving students.

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integrity

the quality or state of being complete; unbroken condition; wholeness; entirety
the quality or state of being unimpaired; perfect condition; soundness
the quality or state of being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty, and sincerity

Origin of integrity

Late Middle English integrite from Classical Latin integritas from integer: see integer

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integrity

noun

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code: a leader of great integrity.
The state of being unimpaired; soundness: The building's integrity remained intact following the mild earthquake.
The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness: replaced a lost book to restore the integrity of his collection.

Origin of integrity

Middle English integrite from Old French from Latin integritās soundness from integer whole, complete ; see tag- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
The quality or condition of being complete; pure
(cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
(aviation) The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

Origin

From Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer.

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integrity - Computer Definition

Assuring accuracy and completeness, and adequately performing to some set of specifications.

See Also: Ethic, White Hat Hacker.

Pipkin, D.L. Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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See data integrity.

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