Karnati Varun ReddyAIR 7 · CSE 2018 · 164 wordsTheir whole copy
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Honesty and Integrity are two fundamental principles and values for ethical conduct.
Honesty means being truthful always to oneself and others; openly disclosing facts.
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e.g. openly admitting when one lied.
Integrity is the trait of adhering to highest moral principles e.g. Compassion, objectivity, honesty, justice etc. Honesty is one of the values integral to the Integrity in conduct. Therefore there cannot be Integrity without honesty. e.g. It is not Integrity if politician does charity to old age home, for ill intention to gain votes though he publicly don't say it. He lacks honesty.
However a person can be honest but not [have] Integrity in his/her conduct.
e.g. A company has been open that maximisation of profits is its motto and will do anything including [greedily].
e.g. A boy has stolen a biscuit packet from a shop. He voluntarily openly admitted later that he did.
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Though [his] conduct doesn't stand integrity, it is honest.
Therefore there is honesty without integrity, but no integrity without honesty.