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To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) The word integrity comes from the Latin integritas, meaning wholeness. Peterson and Seligman (2004, p. 250) defined integrity in behavioral terms: To summarize, integrity goes beyond speaking the truth to include taking responsibility for how one thinks and feels and what one does.  It includes the genuine presentation of oneself to others (being sincere) as well as the internal sense that one is a morally coherent being. The opposites of integrity are clearly negative: deceitfulness and insincerity.  For a humorous illustration of integrity's opposite, recall Holden Caulfield's rants about "phonies" in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye: At the end of the first act we went out with all the other jerks for a cigarette. What a deal that was. You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play

by Ben Dean Ph.D. To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man . - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Integrity Defined The word integrity comes from the Latin integritas, meaning wholeness. Peterson and Seligman (2004, p. 250) defined integrity in behavioral terms: A regular pattern of behavior that is consistent with espoused values (i.e., "practicing what you preach"). Public acknowledgment of moral convictions, even if those convictions are not popular. (Courage may be a prerequisite to integrity.) Treatment of others with care, as

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