Never Compromise Your Integrity in the Workplace

In spite of the stringent measures, sophisticated technology and even with high turnovers there have always been issues with professional integrity. So then why is it that people put their integrity at stake in the workplace.

The main reason people compromise their integrity is to gain something which is not possible to achieve in the natural scheme of things. One must always realize that nothing is permanent and rewards are no exception. Comprising your integrity just to get a promotion or a hike is only temporary. Ultimately only if you have got the skills and the determination to work will lead to your career progress.

Most of us compromise our professional integrity thinking that one small crime would do no harm to anyone and it would be the end of all our problems. If it was so then with the number of mistakes we all do should have solved all our problems and we should have returned to the right path. So then what is it that is delaying us from joining the path of integrity? The problem is one lie leads to another. Similarly to cover up one mistake we go on doing more mistakes. And we have been invariably doing mistakes just to cover up that one single mistake.

Sometimes we compromise our workplace integrity because there is no sense of belonging towards the organization. Hence we don’t think twice before committing any mistakes for our own benefits. So even on the slightest opportunity we compromise on our workplace integrity. This clearly shows that loss of attachment towards our organization also leads to loss of professional integrity. Remember nobody forced you to join the job in the first place.  So there are no excuses for even a small compromise on your integrity at the workplace.

All of us like to be respected and liked. But conflicts are inevitable when dealing with people, especially in a pressure situation which is the norm in a corporate world. So just to teach a lesson for that one small altercation we do things that are against the norms of work ethics in a fit of rage, but in the process of vengeance we should not forgot that we could always get it back. Revenge has strange ways of getting back.

In most cases after comprising integrity at the work place people always repent their decision, clearly showing that though their intention to achieve the goal was right, the chosen path was not right. So if you are anyway going repent your decision then why do it in the first place.

The bottom line is there is always a way – a good way and a bad way. So make the right choice and looking at the larger picture it always better to follow the right option. So do you still want to compromise?