During my recent business trip to Africa, my manager and I were working on a new client. We had to audit four different entities, in two countries in a months’ time. Clearly, my manager had exaggerated on the deliverables to win the client. Flying deadlines, resource crunch, language constraint, and increasing Ebola scare were our main concerns. The task looked insurmountable for a team of two. Nevertheless, I finished the required field work in time, thus managing account economics, and also built effective relationships with clients. This assignment built my manager’s confidence in me and increased my credibility in the firm. To me, definition of integrity is not limited to being honest. To me, integrity is the base of the trust my manager has in me. It is the foundation of the quality of relations I develop with my clients, colleagues, friends, and family. Integrity is the bedrock of courage that enabled me to pull everything together and work against the odds, no matter how challenging the circumstances were. …show more content…
It means not to give into peer pressure to become someone you aren’t, but to be loyal to your convictions at all times and in all circumstances, even when you alone are the spectator. Integrity is the foundation of the credibility I have built for myself in the firm. This building up of credibility is one of the keys to trustworthiness. It makes you responsible for what you do and the impact it has on others. It made me exceed the expectations of my manager when I took ownership of work and demonstrated perseverance in the face of setbacks. This is also true in academic and personal