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total integrity

English translation: total reliability and honesty

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English term or phrase:total integrity
Selected answer:total reliability and honesty
Entered by: Jack Doughty

13:38 Jun 16, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: total integrity
be reminded of the necessity for us to behave at one and the same time, ethically and with total integrity, whilst remaining a commercial organisation.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 10:40
total reliability and honesty
Explanation:
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:40
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +1complete ethical
Stephanie Ezrol
3 +2total reliability and honesty
Jack Doughty
4honesty to others and to oneself
B D Finch
3decency
Rolf Keiser


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
complete ethical


Explanation:
Here's one dictionary definition of integrity:

"Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code."

Total in this context is a way of saying complete, or non-changing, or without any deviation

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-06-16 13:46:25 GMT)
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I should have typed completely, not complete

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-06-16 13:47:08 GMT)
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Here is an example:

Principles of professional competence whereby, the research is conducted at all times by competent and qualified persons who act with total integrity and impartiality and who have been made aware of, and are mindful of, the ethical considerations to be borne in mind in respect of such research or experiment.
http://www.healthlibrary.com/book8_chapter553.htm

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-06-16 13:50:01 GMT)
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Another:

Integrity
The long and the short of it? Our total independence means total integrity. At INFRAX, we strive to be an example of ethical behaviour. For us, integrity means:
respect: we always respect our clients’ choices, decisions and actions;
transparency: we’re always up front, about everything;
confidentiality: we always keep all our clients’ information top secret.
http://www.infrax.com/en/independence_statement.html

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 04:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: other synonyms for integrity: honesty,decency, fairness, principle(s)
49 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila.
neutral  Rolf Keiser: we already have "ethical" in the sentence!/no way! Jack's input makes much more sense.
1 hr
  -> In English to English questions it's not a translation questions per se but making sense of English language expressions. I think its the use of "total" which is outside of the dictionary definition.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
decency


Explanation:
as "ethical" is already mentioned the meaning here is decency in the sense of well mannered/behaved

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 10:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
total reliability and honesty


Explanation:
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Rolf Keiser
15 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
honesty to others and to oneself


Explanation:
I think that integrity is about self-monitoring for compliance with one's values. It is about wholeness. (Latin: integratis?)

B D Finch
France
Local time: 10:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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