All core values
Trust
Honor
Acting with integrity even when no one would know the difference.
Behaviors
- Keeps commitments made in private
- Refuses wins that require cheating
- Admits mistakes before they are discovered
Anti-patterns
- Ethics that bend under pressure
- Different standards for winners
- Reputation managed instead of character built
Reinforce it with
- Leaders telling stories of costly honesty
- Clear consequences for ethical breaches
- Promotion decisions that weigh how results were achieved
Honor is what an organization does in the dark — and it always comes to light.