Integrity The Best Foundation

Corruption endangers the well-being of our homes, our businesses, our country. And it's time that we stand together for integrity.

The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable because of its hull that was compartmentalized. The designers believed that if a few compartments of the ship's hull were damaged, the Titanic could continue to float. Now, sadly, they were mistaken, and some people think it's the same in their character. We can compartmentalize.

So in the introduction of my book, I talk about people who hope that their selective integrity or their stay out of trouble integrity will be good enough. But both the Titanic and lives that compartmentalize are heading for trouble.

Now, at CLI our hope is to develop integrity in every sector of society, not just the family, or the church, but also in education, business professions, government, sports, arts, media, entertainment. And we do this because we don't want to fracture the society. We want to see the society become whole, like an integer.

Now, perhaps you know about structural integrity. It's the ability of a structure to withstand its intended load without failing due to fracture or fatigue. So what happens if one steel beam in a bridge is compromised? Does the bridge remain safe? Does the problem remain isolated to that one beam, or does it infect the entire structure?

When one beam is load bearing but fails the load as actually transferred to all the surrounding support structures? Potentially, it overloads them. And so the failure of one part impacts the other parts.

And the same is true for you and for me. A failure personally in your integrity adds stress to the people around you. A failure in your business integrity adds stress to the entire organization. And we know this and we understand this. A lack of integrity is transferred to the people we love, to the company we serve, and the groups to which we belong. And so we come to understand that the load is always transferred.