1. What is integrity
What is integrity? From a moral perspective, integrity means being sincere, honest and trustworthy in dealing with others, being true to one's words and resolute in one's deeds. The explanation in "Shuowen Jiezi" is: "Sincerity, letter", "Xin, sincerity". It can be seen that the original meaning of integrity is to be honest, sincere, trustworthy, and trustworthy, and to oppose concealment, fraud, counterfeiting, and fraud.
2. Integrity: From Tradition to Modernity
Integrity is an important ethical and philosophical concept proposed by Confucians in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and has since become an important category in the history of Chinese ethical thought. Until the time of Confucius, "sincerity" had not yet formed a theoretical concept. Not only has it been formed into a theoretical concept by Mencius, but it also has a very important position. He said: "That is why sincerity is the way of heaven; sincerity is the way of man. If you are sincere and do not move, you have not yet existed; if you are not sincere, you have not moved." Here, sincerity is not only The highest category of the ontology of heaven is also the law and secret of being a human being. Xunzi developed the idea of ??"sincerity" and pointed out that it is "the foundation of political affairs." He said: "The heaven and the earth are great, but if you are not sincere, you cannot transform all things; if you are a sage, you know it, but if you are not sincere, you cannot transform all peoples; if father and son are close, if you are not sincere, you will be separated; if you are not sincere, you will be estranged; if you are not sincere, you will be humble; if you are not sincere, you will be humble." Honesty is what a gentleman should abide by and is the basis of political affairs. "In "Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean", "sincerity" has become the core category of etiquette and the highest realm of life: "Only the most sincere in the world can fulfill its nature; If you can fulfill its nature, you can fulfill the nature of human beings; if you can fulfill the nature of people, you can fulfill the nature of things; if you can fulfill the nature of things, you can praise the transformation and education of heaven and earth; if you can praise the transformation and education of heaven and earth, you can participate with heaven and earth. "Sincerity is like God. With sincere character and attitude, you can understand various benevolence and morality, become a mature person, and even be able to fulfill the nature of human beings and the nature of things. You can praise the heaven and earth and only transform and nurture them, and then you can achieve "heaven and earth". The realm of "human unity". "The Great Learning" takes "sincerity" as one of the eight items: investigating things, seeking knowledge, sincerity, upright mind, self-cultivation, ordering the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. "Sincerity" has become an important link for the sages to understand God's will, cultivate their moral character, and govern the country and the world. Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty further believed that "sincerity" is "the foundation of the five constant elements and the source of hundreds of actions." He regarded "sincerity", including honesty, as the foundation of the "five constant virtues" of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, and various good deeds. the beginning of. Cheng Yi said more bluntly: "I have never seen dishonesty but it can be good." His insights are profound.
Marxist ethics critically inherits the category of "honesty" and affirms that honesty is an important norm in social morality. In the long-term social life, the main moral requirements of honesty have gradually become clear: loyalty, integrity, and honesty. The main purpose of loyalty is loyalty to the motherland, the people, and the just cause. Of course, this kind of loyalty is not blind and narrow "foolish loyalty", but identification with lofty ideals, unremitting pursuit and hard work to realize the ideals, thus showing a spirit of dedication and sacrifice. Integrity means being decent and fair and candid in dealing with things. Honesty specifically refers to telling the truth, doing honest things, and being an honest person.
Faith is also a category in the history of Chinese ethical thought. The meaning of "faith" is similar to "sincerity" and "truth". From the glyph analysis, the word "xin" comes from people and words, which originally refers to the honest words spoken to God and ancestors during sacrifices. Ji Liang, a doctor of the Sui Dynasty, said: "Be loyal to the people and believe in God." The exchanges between countries and people have to be accompanied by oaths. However, the observance of oaths and promises still depends on the deterrent power of heaven, earth, ghosts and gods. During the Spring and Autumn Period, promoted by Confucianism, "faith" began to get rid of religious overtones and became a pure moral norm. Confucius believed that "faith" is the embodiment of "benevolence", and he asked people to "respect and trust". He said: "If you have faith, you can do whatever you want." "If you don't have faith, you don't know what you can do." Both Confucius and Mencius regarded "faith" as an important principle for friendship, emphasizing that "friends have faith" and "friends have faith". Most people in power in the past dynasties regard "faith" as an important tool for maintaining order. "Zuo Zhuan·Wen Gong 4th Year" says: "Abandoning trust and ruining the master will lead to chaos in the country and death at home." "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period·Gui Xin" made a conclusion about the consequences of trust and disbelief in social life. A vivid analysis: "If the ruler and his ministers do not trust, the people will slander and the society will be uneasy. If the officials do not trust, then the young will not be afraid of their superiors, and the noble and the humble will despise each other. If there is no trust in rewards and punishments, the people will easily break the law and cannot make orders. If you do not trust your friends, they will be separated, worried and resentful. If you don't believe it, your tools will be counterfeit and your paint will be unfaithful.
You can be with me for the beginning, you can be with me for the end, you can be with the noble, you can be with the humble and the poor, you just have faith! "Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty listed "faith" as the "Five Constants" along with benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and wisdom, as the most basic social behavioral norms. He also made a more detailed discussion of "faith": "Write your feelings when you encounter them, do not pretend "It is a fault, so it is faith." He believed that "faithfulness" requires honesty, consistency in appearance and deeds, and consistency in words and deeds. Zhu Xi proposed "benevolence includes the five constant principles" and regarded "faithfulness" as the function and expression of "benevolence" and mainly as a way to make friends. He said: "Truth is called truth", which is basically the same as Confucius and Mencius. In Confucianism, sincerity and trust are often used as the same concept, and "sincerity" and "faithfulness" are used together. The meaning is very close.
From this point of view, traditional ethics regards integrity as a basic quality of human beings, and believes that honesty is a good way to gain trust from others and is the cornerstone of one's conduct and career. In short, it is. A code of personal life
3. Stories related to integrity
1. Zengzi killing pigs
Zengzi’s wife went to the market, and her son. He wanted to go with him, crying as he walked, and his mother said to him: "You go back, and when I come back, I will kill the pig for you to eat." His wife has come back from market. Zeng Zi wanted to catch pigs to kill. His wife stopped him and said, "That was just for fun with the children." Zengzi said: "Never play with children." Children are not sensible at first, so they should learn like their parents and listen to their parents' teachings. If you lie to him now, you are teaching your children to lie. If a mother lies to her child, and the child does not believe what the mother says, it is impossible to teach the child well. Zengzi then killed the pig.
2. Guo Moruo and banana flowers
Guo Moruo was naughty but very filial when he was a child. Once, his mother got a "sickness" "Guo Moruo heard that banana flowers could cure this disease. This kind of flower was very expensive and rarely bloomed, so he and his brother ran to a garden to look for this kind of flower. It happened that the banana flowers in that garden were in bloom. Guo Moruo and his brother secretly picked the flower and gave it to his mother. Although his mother knew that Guo Moruo was filial to her, his son's behavior made him sad. From then on, Guo Moruo would never steal other people's things.
4. The role of integrity
From a philosophical sense, "integrity" is not only a world view, but also a social value and moral outlook, whether it is for society or individuals. All have important significance and role.
For a country and a society, "integrity" can be said to be the foundation of the country, and the country's sovereignty has been vested in the people since ancient times. There are clear sayings such as "the people are the foundation of a country, and the foundation of a country is strong" and "those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world." These words are still wise to this day. But what do the leaders of the country rely on to unite the people? "Integrity" is a wise policy and spiritual belief, and "integrity" is the humanistic spirit and moral belief that wins the trust of the people and unites the people.
For a social unit (such as an enterprise), a social undertaking (such as a social enterprise). For an industry, a profession), "integrity" can be said to be the foundation of a business. "Integrity" as a universally applicable moral code and code of conduct is to establish mutual trust between industries, between units, and between people. It is difficult to imagine that a unit or enterprise that is dishonest and untrustworthy will have a long-term foothold in a modern legal society. Only by relying on integrity can a social undertaking be successful. Development.
For every member of society, "integrity" is the foundation of life and the treasure of life. After decades of living in this world, one must continue to learn to acquire knowledge and improve knowledge. A tool for individuals to make a living is also a tool for individuals to serve society. However, to truly be a person who contributes to society, it is not enough to rely on "knowledge" as a tool. You must also have correct values ??to guide you. Otherwise, knowledge will also fail. It may become a tool for breeding evil. The spirit of "integrity" is an important moral principle that cultivates people's noble moral sentiments and guides people to correctly handle various relationships. If an individual is honest, he will be impartial, impartial, and trustworthy. You can abide by the law, accept contracts, gain trust from others, and properly handle the relationships between people and between individuals and society.
We can say that the principle and spirit of "integrity" are the moral cornerstone for promoting the healthy development of the socialist market economy; it is not only important for promoting social stability and prosperity, correcting social customs, and treating social mental illnesses. It plays an important role in strengthening the personal moral cultivation of social members, improving the civilized quality of the entire nation, and cultivating a generation of citizens who are knowledgeable, capable, ethical, and law-abiding; it is the foundation for establishing a country and a career, and it is also the foundation for individuals to settle down and live their lives. Spiritual magic weapon.
5. How to abide by integrity
If we young people want to abide by integrity, we must take responsibility and obligations for what we say, be true to our words, and keep our promises. You must do what you promise others. When you make an appointment with others, be sure to attend the appointment on time. When going to school or participating in various activities, you must arrive on time. You must know that making a promise is a very prudent act. You should not make a promise easily for things that should not be done or cannot be done. Once you make a promise, you must work hard to fulfill it. If we break trust with others, we devalue ourselves. If the situation changes during the process of fulfilling our promise and we are unable to fulfill our promise, we must truthfully explain the situation to the other party and apologize. This is completely different from breaking one's word, so establishing integrity must start from scratch.
We must inherit and carry forward the traditional virtue of honesty and integrity. We must also distinguish "loyalty in the world" from honesty, recognize the essence and harm of "loyalty in the world", and avoid being left behind by this old society. Be polluted by the bad customs passed down and adhere to integrity. Text[/c]
Integrity is the basic principle of life and doing things, and it is also the norm that must be observed in governing the country. It regulates the relationship between people and maintains social order.
Being a human being requires integrity, and integrity wins dignity; doing business also requires integrity, and integrity wins the market.
(1) Integrity is the fulcrum of morality that supports society
Integrity is one of the important contents of our country's traditional moral culture. "Those who are honest are the knot of the world" means that integrity , is the key to the world's code of conduct. In our country's traditional Confucian ethics, integrity is regarded as a condition for governing a country and bringing peace to the world and an important moral norm that must be observed. Ancient sages and philosophers have many explanations on integrity. For example: Confucius's "Belief leads to people's will" "Since ancient times, people have died, and the people will not stand without faith" "If people have no faith, they do not know what they can do" "The people will stand with sincerity"; Mencius's theory of integrity "Those who are most sincere and unmoved" "If you are not sincere, you will not be able to do anything." An important rule of conduct in life: "A light promise will lead to little faith, and anything easy will be difficult." Zhuangzi also attaches great importance to integrity: "Truth is the most sincere. If you are not sincere, you cannot move people." Zhuangzi regards "authenticity" as the ultimate sincerity. If you are not sincere, you will not be able to impress people, which raises integrity to a new level; Han Feizi believes that "deception is worse than clumsy sincerity." In short, the ancient sages and philosophers praised integrity as a noble virtue, which vividly demonstrated the value and status of integrity in the minds of the Chinese people. From ancient times to the present, people have attached great importance to the principle of integrity. The reason is that honesty and credit are the basic moral norms that people must follow in their relationships with others. Without integrity, there is no morality. Therefore, integrity is the fulcrum of morality that supports society.
(2) Integrity is the morality regulated by law
The principle of good faith gradually rose to become a legal principle starting from Roman law, and was later inherited and developed by the important civil law in the history of legal system. For example, French Civil Law, German Civil Law, Swiss Civil Law, etc., such as Article 2 of the General Principles of the Swiss Civil Code: "Everyone must exercise his rights and perform his obligations honestly."
Good faith It is also an important basic principle of my country's current laws and is clearly stipulated in the "General Principles of Civil Law", "Contract Law" and "Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law". Because of its wide scope of application and its role in guiding and governing other legal principles, it is also called the "Emperor's Rule". It can be seen that "good faith" is not a general moral principle. When good faith becomes a legal norm, violating it will result in a legal responsibility or legal consequences that are detrimental to oneself. Such legal consequences can be property or personal; they can be civil. , administrative, or even punishment. Therefore, good faith is the fulcrum of the law that supports society and the morality regulated by law.
(3) Integrity is the key to governing the country
Government with integrity can win the trust of the people, so that the government can be harmonious and harmonious.
If one does not keep one's word, deceives others, and engages in deception, there will be no stability in society. In ancient times, there was the crime of "deceiving the emperor." "Deceiving the emperor" not only offends dignity, but also misleads decision-making and harms the country and the people. It is also not allowed to "deceive the people", so there is a saying that "water can carry a boat or capsize it". In ancient China, there are good stories about Shang Yang who established trust in trees, and there are also stories about princes who were dishonest and reaped the consequences. Ancient Chinese thinkers even regarded "integrity" as one of the main means of ruling the world. Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty described integrity as "the outline of the country", which shows the importance of "integrity".
The current "ruling the country by virtue" proposed by the party and the country is the embodiment of governance with integrity and the inheritance and development of our country's excellent political thought. Implementing "ruling the country by virtue", implementing the "Implementation Outline for the Construction of Citizen Morality", and advocating the spiritual quality of honesty and trustworthiness in the whole society are the inheritance of fine traditions and the requirements of the times.
(4) Integrity is the foundation of the industry
Integrity is the way to be a human being, the foundation of doing things and the basis of mutual trust between people. Being trustworthy and keeping promises is a kind of restriction and requirement we have on ourselves, and it is also a kind of hope and requirement that outsiders have on us. If an employee cannot be honest and trustworthy, then the social group or economic entity he represents will not be trusted by people, will not be able to engage in economic exchanges with society, or will lack appeal and responsiveness to society. Therefore, honesty and trustworthiness are not only social ethics, but also professional ethics that any practitioner should abide by.
Honesty and trustworthiness are professional ethics. For an industry, its basic role is to establish a good reputation and establish an industry image worthy of the trust of others. It reflects society's recognition of the value of an industry in past professional activities, thereby affecting the industry's status and role in future activities. "People cannot stand without trust." For an industry, only by keeping promises and emphasizing moral character can we fundamentally build an industry brand and establish a good industry image.
6. Famous Quotes
1. If a person has no faith, he does not know what he is capable of - Confucius
There is no constant faith in words, no constant chastity in deeds, only profit lies. If you don't give in to everything, you can be called a villain - Xunzi
Belief is like the soil of the five elements, with no position and no fame, and water, metal and wood are all waiting for those who live there. ——Zhu Xi
If there is someone who is far away from heaven, loyalty is his clothes and his faith is his clothes. ——Lu Zhaoling
You must treat others with sincerity, and others will reciprocate with sincerity——Li Ka-shing
Entrepreneurship is not like studying. You can live for many years in one day. Starting a business must be done step by step. . ——Zhou Jinfeng
When looking for treasures, no matter how expensive the taste is, we will not dare to sacrifice material resources; for the reputation of the lecture hall, no matter how complicated the preparation is, we will not dare to save labor. ——Integrity in "Tongrentang"
No one can see the cultivation, but God knows the intentions.
For an enterprise to operate sustainably, it must first be recognized by society and users. Only when an enterprise is sincere to its users forever can users and society repay the enterprise, can it ensure the company's forward development - Zhang Ruimin
Sincerity is forever - Haier's famous advertising slogan
Credit It is an indispensable personal intangible asset in modern society. The constraints of integrity come not only from the outside world, but also from our self-discipline and our own moral strength. ——He Zhiyong
After entering the society, we are deeply aware of the seriousness and harm of the credit crisis. But there is no use complaining, let alone waiting. Restoring social credit must rely on everyone's efforts, starting now and starting from ourselves. ——Guo Hui
Everything is about integrity. A small thing or an inadvertent breach of trust may ruin our reputation for life. ——Lin Dasheng