Dana Drakulich

Integrity, an unimpaired or unmarred condition. In other words doing whats right no matter who's looking. The word comes from middle English, french, and Latin. Its basically the same in three different languages: German-integritat, Portuguese-integridade, and Spanish-integraidad.
The word reminds me of a story called 'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell. This is a book about solder who is hated by the people of the land and hates what he's fighting for. An elephant goes wild in the neighbor hood so he has to kill it or else he will be laughed at, which is a British solders worst fear. Although he feels that's its wrong to kill the elephant, and wants to just move it out of the area, he kills it. He wished that he hadn't, he wished that he had integrity. He did the wrong thing because everyone was looking.
Its a word that is used in print, speeches and so on. "Live with INTEGRITY, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss" The famous author Nathaniel Branden's words of encouragement. This word is used to be very motivating and bold. Like in the words of Charles Caleb Colton " Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple INTEGRITY in another." Text, like in magazines and news articles also use it to describe a person or organization. The Washington Post, for example" He has the character, honesty, and INTEGRITY to make a great president."
I was searching the Internet to find what kind of websites use the word integrity; two of them were church sites (www.integrityUSA.com and www.integrityworship.com). Two others were online computer companies (www.integrityservices.com and www.integrity.com). The last one I found was for horse, stock, and cargo trailers (www.integritytrailers.com).
Integrity, its a good word to live by. If its buying trailers, going to church, admiring others, wishing you could have it, even just writing an essay. Integrity is a trait everyone should have. It's doing whats right no matter who's looking.