Is integrity important?

The category of integrity is composed of the concepts of "sincerity" and "trust". Sincerity refers to sincerity and honesty; faith refers to trust, credit and trustworthiness. "Sincerity" and "faith" together as a scientific moral category, is a product of modern society. In modern society, the marketization and internationalization of the economy, the democratization and legalization of politics, as well as the diversification of cultures and modernization of ways of communication, all highlight the value of integrity and require the practice of integrity. We can define integrity as the psychological consciousness, principles, norms and behavioral activities that are adapted to the requirements of the development of modern market economy, closely related to the modern economic contractual relations and democratic politics, and inherited the traditional virtues of honesty, sincerity and honesty, the psychological consciousness, principles and norms and behavioral activities. The essence of integrity should be grasped from the following aspects: First of all, integrity is a kind of people in the establishment of the world, treating people and life practice must and should have a sincere and truth-seeking attitude and the behavioral quality of keeping promises, and its basic requirement is to speak the truth, do the honest thing, be honest. The sincerity of honesty is sincerity and faithfulness; the faith of honesty is to keep one's word and keep one's promise, which are the basic qualities and character that modern people must and should have. Under the condition of market economy, people can only adapt to the requirements of social life and realize the value of their life if they establish the moral quality of sincerity and trustworthiness. Secondly, integrity is a kind of social moral principles and norms, which requires people to guide their actions with the principle of truthfulness and pragmatism, and treat all work with the attitude of unity of knowledge and action. In modern society, integrity refers not only to commercial integrity between citizens and legal persons, but also includes social public **** integrity built on the basis of social justice, such as institutional integrity, national integrity, government integrity, corporate integrity and organizational integrity. That is to say, any government and system should be organized and constructed in accordance with the principle of integrity, and also need to exercise its authority in accordance with the principle of integrity. Once deviating from the principle and spirit of integrity, the government will lose its credibility to the people, and the system will become an unreasonable burden. Again, integrity is the dialectical unity of the individual and society, psychology and behavior. Integrity is essentially the unity of ethics of virtue and ethics of norms, or the ethics of belief and the ethics of responsibility, the unity of the theory of morality and the theory of utilitarianism, the theory of ends and the theory of means. If "sincerity" emphasizes the sincerity of one's inner beliefs, a kind of character and virtue, then "faith" is the external manifestation of the inner character of sincerity, a kind of responsibility and norms. In Chinese history, there is a saying that "sincerity is in the center and trust is in the outside". Integrity is not only a kind of moral purpose, is a kind of belief that people should have, but also a kind of moral means, is a kind of social responsibility that people should undertake and the way to seek benefits to realize the benefits. Integrity can be both value-based and utilitarian, as well as moralistic and deontological. The value and utilitarian view of integrity treats integrity as a value and a means to an end, believing that people cannot realize their own development and perfection and can hardly achieve long-lasting and genuine benefits without integrity. The moralistic and deontological view of integrity, on the other hand, regards integrity as an obligation and an inherent requirement, believing that people's pursuit of integrity is a necessity for improving their own qualities and realizing comprehensive development, and that even if integrity does not bring about material benefits, it is still invaluable. We advocate the combination of moralism and utilitarianism on the issue of integrity, and regard the pursuit of integrity as a means of profit-making and development, and regard the pursuit of integrity as a sacred mission and inherent obligations, so that the pursuit of integrity is both sublime and practical, both great and ordinary, which reflects the value qualities of the traditional Chinese culture advocated by the "extremely brilliant and mediocre". This reflects the value of traditional Chinese culture advocates "very high and bright, but the way of the mediocre" quality. In short, integrity is the foundation and origin of all morality. It is not only a kind of personal virtue and quality, but also a kind of social moral principles and norms; not only an inner spirit and value, but also an outer reputation and resources. Integrity is the embodiment of morality and righteousness, and at the same time is the guarantee or source of utilitarianism.