Integrity Matters

By James F. Bracher and Dan Halloran

The book addresses three fundamental questions: "What is integrity?" "Where has it gone?" and, most importantly, "How can we restore it?" The authors tackle these questions by dissecting integrity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887089039
• ISBN13: 9781887089036
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Torchlight Pub
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

INTEGRITY "DOES" MATTER

"Integrity does Matter"...In 2003 we expanded from 25 employees to 65 employess. With this tremendous growth many challenges arose. When the organization was small we were able to wrap our arms around it by nurturing staff and be very clear on our ethical and moral standards as and organization and call them on it when appropriate. But as we grew it became evident that something needed to happen. For the first time we were experiencing 50% turnover of our line staff. After reading Integrity Matters it was clear that we needed to develop and conduct our interviews that were value based. We still ask the everyday interview questions but now no matter what position we are hiring for, there are questions that determine as best we can the the value systems and the integrity of the potential employee...As a result I am happy to say that our turnover for line level staff in the past year is now approximately 15%...Integrity Matters!!!!

Intergrity Matters puts the world in perspective

In a world of sound bites, flashing banner ads and tightly crammed news stories, reading Integrity Matters can help put a time-accelerated world into perspective. The opening Dedication "For our children and grandchildren, and the grandchildren of our grandchildren" prompted the initial reflex of "where are Bracher and Halloran taking us this time"? Be realistic, this is just a two hundred page book, not The Oddesey by Homer, War and Peace or a book of the Bible. The first three chapters were a good sequence to transition the reader from the "Daily Panic" to: i) appreciate the fullness and urgency of the message, and ii) set me up with the stamina and mission to work through the Eight Attributes. One key observation: the authors walk the walk and talk the talk in the letter responses. The newspaper article responses are a living example of graciousness. Stringing together entertaining zingers could sell more books and perhaps, expand newspaper readership, but the book does provide a certain graciousness allowing for the perspective of "the other side" in many cases. The Eight Attributes are well constructed and appropriately partitioned. The examples woven into the book were either extremely timely (corrupt executives by name, Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Dixie Chicks) or timeless (the Butch O'Hare story, Adam Smith reference...). Printing a book with a fresh perspective in the Spring of 2004 takes some courage, because by the Spring of 2005, subsequent events have played out with even sharper examples of lost leadership or compelling heroes. Although the grandchildren of our grandchildren may neither remember or care about the Dixie Chicks from the Fall of 2004, the historical reference will mark the book in its time slot. The Salinas Valley Agribusiness was a good celebration of an early victory. It was certain better that a traditional business boardroom scenario which is a path many books take when examining case studies. At the risk of enforcing Political Correctness, this question can linger with the reader: if a person does not have an Alicia Nash or similar strong spouse model in their life, is fulfillment toward an Integrity-Centered Society out of reach? Clearly, your message of integrity is universal. This sense of inadvertently narrowing the "life-partner" scope by the authors is a dangling question for the reader. Perhaps a paragraph or two on war buddies, integrity-based clergy and key flock members spiritual leadership, teacher/student mentoring, co-founders of lasting business institutions or other deep one-on-one, life changing relationships could send a more universal challenge to the readers. In summary, a solid first incursion into publishing by the two authors, a handy reference book for leaders, teachers, students and ethics experts. Hopefully, this book will become a highly relevant compilation of integrity issues by capturing a historical, societal inflection point, not judged by today's standards, but as

Integrity Matters

Integrity has been the subject of many articles, news stories and cocktail party banter. No book will do more for the reader on this subject than "Integrity Matters". The "Case Study" methodology makes all the difference. Integrity is not all black and white. This book uses real life situations, realistically analyzed to help in the grey areas where most integrity issues are confronted. A must read book for everyone.

Written in a concise, conversational style

The collaborative work of James F. Bracher (Founder and Chairman of Dimension Five Consultants and creator of the Bracher Center for Integrity in Leadership) and Daniel E. Halloran (veteran of a forty year career in international leadership positions with Motorola), Integrity Matters is endorsed by more than seventy corporate leaders for its provision of insightful guidance on one of the most critical issues facing the business community in a post-Enron era. Deliberately written in a concise, conversational style, Integrity Matters deftly examines the current state of integrity in the corporate world and show-cases just why this quality of conduct is at the core of successful business -- and even more importantly, how to go about restoring integrity after it has been compromised by others. Integrity Matters should be mandatory reading for anyone holding a position of local, national, or international corporate responsibility.