The Integrity Zone is based on the idea that every individual has an intrinsic integrity, an inner awareness of what is good, commonly called conscience. Living in the Integrity Zone begins with a clear understanding that this quality of integrity inheres in one’s true selfhood—and can be accessed by a desire to be in good conscience.
The Integrity Zone is a systematic approach to ethical conduct with integrity at the very core. Both the concept and the definition of integrity show us how to analyze and understand if the decisions we make are good ones.
The effort to live within the Integrity Zone will help you to operate freely and effectively, even in the presence of dangerous pressures and attitudes. It protects you, as well as the processes, projects, and people you are working with.
What is happening within the Integrity Zone?
The Integrity Zone is a plan of action, based on the belief that you want to act in good conscience. In order to be in good conscience, it is imperative to act with integrity. If you do, you'll have a beneficial outcome. Here is that core idea in a diagram:
Along the way to making decisions, and even to performing the kind of analysis described above, there are both internal and external threats to your ability to act with integrity. This diagram of the Integrity Zone shows the connection between the 3 Questions, personal qualities, and the difficulties you can face when trying to act with integrity.
