Integrity: The Indispensable Element – Hardcover Edition

without it other virtues and advantages turn to sand.

Little wonder. The era is marked with high profile scandals, ethical fiascoes, unchecked greed, moral indifference, lack
of accountability, cultural decay, and rank gullibility to a non-stop mass media. Amidst the wreckage, individuals
are fired or go to jail. Penalties are levied. Attorney’s fees and court costs are paid in enormous sums. In some cases,
entire organizations disintegrate.

We expect Integrity among friends and acquaintances, in business and commerce, from practicing professionals, from
political leaders, from public servants. While people know it when they see it, few pause to reflect on its true meaning,
its underlying motivations, its governing principles, values, and advantages. Hard to get a handle on in the abstract it
remains vague, uncertain, even elusive.

Others fail to apprehend that the First Great Virtue leads to priceless assets: Trust, Reputation, Reliability, Square
Dealing, Adherence to Standards and Convictions. Meanwhile, the word “Integrity” is invoked to designate everything from
upright conduct to the condition of old master paintings, to the lay of land lines separating states and counties. Insurance
companies, banks, shops, apartment complexes bear the name, to list but a few.

“Integrity: The Indispensable Element” bridges the gap between Integrity in thought and in action. Part One pares
the virtue to its authentic meaning. Part Two provides dramatic profiles of men and women who demonstrate
what it means to stand by an idea, often at great personal cost.

For all who believe in making the right choices, choices that withstand moral scrutiny, that are beneficial to all concerned
—though sometimes unprofitable or inconvenient—this comprehensive work will prove indeed, ‘Indispensable.’