What is Integrity, and How is it Lived in Daily Life?

Integrity

What is Integrity?

Defining Integrity

Integrity is a word that can be applied to a structure or a person. For a person, what does it mean to live with integrity? This video offers three perspectives that reveal different aspects and requirements of the virtue.

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Integrity in Action

documentary short

a commitment to the common good

Pam Elrado is an environmental engineer who oversees wastewater treatment. Get a glimpse into day and hear why she thinks integrity, compassion, humility, and curiosity are central to doing her job well.

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case studies

Business

Supplier Silence

A sourcing director must decide how to respond when credible but unconfirmed labor concerns emerge just before a major product launch.

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Engineering

Framing the Findings

An environmental engineer must decide whether “framing” accurate data more favorably crosses the line from client service into misrepresentation.

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Law

Accidental Knowledge

A lawyer gains accidental insight into the opposing side’s strategy and must decide whether using it crosses an ethical line.

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Medicine

The Work Note

A physician must decide whether helping an overwhelmed patient justifies writing a work note that stretches the medical facts.

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class resources

Engineering

Assignment: Civic Professionalism Reflection

First-year engineering students explore civic professionalism, humility, and the responsibilities engineers may have to support democratic and ethical change.

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Business

Assignment: Foundations of Ethical Behavior

Business students analyze ethical dilemmas from the textbook using a structured decision-making model, and focusing on virtues like integrity, empathy, and courage.

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Philosophy

Assignment: Intellectual Responsibility

Using at least three reputable news sources, students describe a real-world case involving a controversial use of data by AI, consider the ethical implications of how data is being used, and recommend ways to avoid unethical data practices.

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Computer Science

Syllabus: Systems Programming

The course emphasizes hands-on practice through daily assignments, larger programming milestones, and exams, with a special focus on craftsmanship: writing clean, thoughtful, well-tested code and taking pride in work that goes beyond “done enough.”

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business

Syllabus: Data Management

Students develop foundational data management skills for business analytics. The course also asks students to think ethically about data privacy, security, quality, and misuse, while cultivating integrity through hands-on labs and applied problem solving.

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statistics

Syllabus: Topics in Statistics

Through weekly quizzes and a semester-long group project, the course emphasizes accurate, transparent reporting of data analysis results, reproducibility, intellectual honesty, and appropriate citation of sources.

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