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1、沙坪坝三峡广场新华书店旁立海大厦25楼ThekeytosuuccessThekeytointegrityisconsistency-notonlysettinghighpersonalstandardsforoneself(honesty,responsibility,respectforothers,fairness)butalsolivinguptothosestandardseachandeveryday.Onewhohasintegrityisboundbyandfollowsmoralandethical(道德上的)s
2、tandardsevenwhenmakinglife’shardchoices,choiceswhichmaybecloudedbystress,pressuretosucceed,ortemptation. Whathappensifwelie,cheat,steal,orviolateotherethicalstandards?Wefeeldisappointedinourselvesandashamed.Butalapse(缺失)ofintegrityalsoaffectsourrelationshipswithothe
3、rs.Trustisessentialinanyimportantrelationship,whetherpersonalorprofessional.Whocantrustsomeonewhoisdishonestorunfair?Thusintegritymustbeoneofourmostimportantgoals. RiskyBusiness Weareeachresponsibleforourowndecisions,evenifthedecision,makingprocesshasbeenundermined
4、bystressorpeerpressure.Therealtestofcharacteriswhetherwecanlearnfromourmistake,byunderstandingwhyweactedaswedidandthenexploringwaystoavoidsimilarproblemsinthefuture. Makingethicaldecisionsisacriticalpartofavoidingfutureproblems.Wemustlearntorecognizerisks,becauseifw
5、ecan’tseetheriskswe’retaking,wecan’tmakeresponsiblechoices.Toidentifyrisks,weneedtoknowtherulesandbeawareofthefacts.Forexample,onewhodoesn’tknowtherulesaaboutplagiarism(剽窃)mayaccidentallyusewordsorideaswithoutgivingpropercreditoronewhofailstokeepcarefulresearchnotesm
6、ayunintentionallyfailtoquoteandcitesourcesasrequired.Butthefactthatsuchaviolationis"unintentional"doesnotexcusethemisconduct,Ignoranceisnotadefense. "ButEverybodyDoesIt"6沙坪坝三峡广场新华书店旁立海大厦25楼 Mostpeoplewhogetintroubledoknowtherulesandfactsbutmanagetofoolthemselvesabo
7、uttherisksthey’retakingbyusingexcuses:"Everyoneelsedoesit.""I’mnothurtinganyone",or"Ireallyneedthisgrade."Excusescangetveryelaborate:"IknowI’mlookatanother’sexam,eventhoughI’msupposedtokeepmyeyesonmyownpaper,butthat’snotcheatingbecauseI’mjustcheckingmyanswers,notcopy
8、ing."Wemustbehonestaboutouractionsandavoidexcuses,ifwefoolourselvesintobelievingwe’renotdoinganythingwrong,wecan’tseetherealchoicew