Integrity - the code that defines personality in the educational and professional environment

Abstract

Integrity is the code that defines the personality of an institutional manager, a university teacher, a student, an economic agent, etc. Not coincidentally, the authors Ludmila Roşca and Constantin Lazari emphasize that the purpose of universities is to „seek and transmit the truth under the sign of science and morality.” In the same vein, the authors Valentin Mureșan and Mihaela Constantinescu state that universities must also create a moral context, which can be created through seven organizational virtues: 1- clarity in moral requirements; 2- consistency in the ethical regulations of the university (ethical policies and strategies); 3- feasibility (feasibility) in implementing the moral requirements of behavior; 4- motivating university members in supporting the adoption of ethical behavior; 5- visibility in monitoring immoral behaviors; 6- evaluation of the formal and informal means through which the members can openly discuss the ethical problems and dilemmas they face in the academic environment; 7- the sanctionability of immoral behaviors. The integrity of an educational organization can be created through the prism of an „organizational culture”, and the 360⁰ Feedback can serve as a way to re-evaluate the behavior of an employee / manager, etc. The integrity of an organization can also be quantified. For this purpose, for example, the IntegrityMeter Test can be applied. Integrity in the educational and professional environment can be cultivated through morality, reasoning, fairness, honesty, respectful treatment of all parties involved in educational and organizational processes, but also through the „Six-element model that can ensure integrity”, namely: ethics organizational; corruption prevention and control; organizational and business skills; competitive effectiveness and efficiency; the possibility of external control; conflict resolution. An „Integrity Agreement” or „Voices of Academic Integrity” and „Voices of Corporate Integrity” can be a true philosophy of European integration. CZU: 378.1:[005.32:174]; JEL: I25, M14, M53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.53486/cike2022.25