Core Competencies
Integrity
Definition
Gains the trust of others by taking responsibility for own actions and telling the truth.
Key Behaviors
- Follows through on commitments and agreements
- Respects confidentiality
- Maintains confidentiality regardless of pressure from others
- Admits mistakes in spite of the potential for negative consequences
- Admits mistakes when in low risk situations
- Consistently tells the truth
- Challenges others who are not acting with integrity or telling the truth
- Takes stands based on principles and values despite personal or professional risk
Proficiency Levels
- Expert: Models, leads, trains, and motivates multiple levels of personnel to have a high level of trustworthiness.
- Advanced: Habitually maintains confidentiality regardless of pressure from others, admits mistakes and takes stands based on principles and values in spite of the potential for negative consequences, and challenges others who are not acting with integrity.
- Intermediate: Usually maintains confidentiality regardless of pressure from others, admits mistakes and takes stands based on principles and values in spite of the potential for negative consequences, and challenges others who are not acting with integrity.
- Basic: Sometimes follows through on commitments and agreements, respects confidentiality, tells the truth, and admits mistakes in low risk situations.
- Awareness: Occasionally demonstrates integrity, but may avoid or miss opportunities to take responsibility for own actions and tell the truth..
Back to Competency Framework
