#work_ethics #youtube_video_idea

Definition ¶

• in Arabic: إستقامة أو نزاهة، وعكسها النفاق
• Acting in adherence to your principles and values (value system)
• Contributes to your reputation as an engineer

Example ¶

• While choosing a tool/framework
  • if the principle is: “Best tool for the job”
    • Does that mean a tool is better if you know it?
    • What about hearing about one tech and not the other?
    • What about you liking one and not the other?
    • Liking can poison your decision making process and reduce your integrity

Affects ¶

• Honesty and transparency
• Code quality
• Accountability
• Overall Reputation

Conflict of principles ¶

• Speed vs Quality

Relations ¶

• Assumes free-will
• Assumes a clear values system
• Assumes a dichotomy

Integrity tests for work ¶

• Identifies employees with low integrity score
• Assumes that people with low integrity:
  • do more dishonest behavior
  • finds reasons to do dishonest behavior
  • thinks other are more likely to commit crimes
  • do more impulsive behavior
  • thinks society should do harsher punishment to deviance

Notes ¶

• Arabic wikipedia page is sadly very short 3 lines

References ¶

• Wikipedia
• Employment Integrity Testing