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Update Rule “professional-integrity/rule” #7445

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Expand Up @@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ Figure: Good example - Jim has great professional integrity. 

The word "integrity" can be loaded with ethical connotations, but in this context, professional integrity means:

### Be true to your word
### 1. Be true to your word

This means doing what you say you’ll do, by the time you say you’ll do it

::: greybox
"I'll send that email to you by 5pm"
:::

### If you can’t deliver on your promise, communicate a plan for a path forward
### 2. If you can’t deliver on your promise, communicate a plan for a path forward

If it looks like you won't be able to get the agreed task done by the deadline, tell the person why and set a new deadline, or agree on a different deliverable. Never leave others guessing

Expand All @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Figure: Bad example - Although it's only a little late, you still haven't delive
Figure: Good example - Getting ahead of the deadline and making a new commitment
:::

### If you break your word, acknowledge it, and work out a way to repair your integrity**
### 3. If you break your word, acknowledge it, and work out a way to repair your integrity

If the deadline passes and you didn't do the above, recognize the fault and propose a plan for how to do better next time

Expand All @@ -83,19 +83,19 @@ If the deadline passes and you didn't do the above, recognize the fault and pro
Figure: Good example - Acknowledging an improvement for next time
:::

#### Examples of good professional integrity
## Examples of good professional integrity
- Turn up for a meeting on time and, if that meeting looks like it will go over time, make sure everyone can continue
- A good measure of your Professional Integrity is how well your day resembles your calendar
- Inform people of any potential delays
- Deliver all of what was asked, not just a subset
- TOFU - Take ownership and follow up. Even if you delegate some or all of the task, you stay responsible for the outcome
- When they make a mistake, they proactively address it, and don't wait to be called out

#### Attributes of people who have professional integrity
## Attributes of people who have professional integrity
- Always take full ownership of any task given to them
- Inspire trust in co-workers and managers
- Hold themselves to a high professional standard

#### Managers' feelings about employees who have professional integrity
## Managers' feelings about employees who have professional integrity
- Trust their employees
- Are comfortable delegating more important work
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