“Give me an example of a time when your integrity
was tested.”
■“When I was working in the human resources department
on a computer project, we knew how to access salary infor-
mation. My partner on the project printed out the informa-
tion and gave it to me. I told him I wanted nothing to do
with it. He proceeded to take the information and share it
with other team members. I was called in by the vice presi-
dent of human resources a few days later and was ques-
tioned about the information. I told him that I never looked
at it and had nothing to do with the sharing. I was asked
if I knew that my partner had printed out copies, and I said
yes. There was a hearing about the incident, and I had to
give my input although I didn’t like doing it since my part-
ner was in trouble. Unfortunately he was fired. I felt bad for
him but knew that I had done the right thing.”
■“While doing taxes for one of the companies that I worked
for, I was asked to do something that would have saved the
company several thousands of dollars. I knew that what
they were asking me to do was not legal, and, if we were
ever audited, I would be questioned and liable. I refused on
the grounds that I could not risk my status and license. My
boss was not happy with me, but he realized he was doing
something that was very high risk. In the end he decided
to bite the bullet and go with the legal way of processing
the information.”
■“At the bank I worked for, I was asked to process mortgage
information for a young couple applying for a loan. I did
the calculation and had the figures ready. In the meantime
I did some thinking about another way I could do the
calculation that would save them percentage points
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