
So there is a source document that defines the corporate culture this pilot embodies it. It says all the right things starting with a personal statement from the Chairman of the Board and going through Speak Up!, Prohibition against Retaliation, and Non-Punitive Reporting.
Personal integrity code#
I checked the airline’s Code of Conduct and Ethics. Was it the pilot’s personal integrity or corporate culture? I’ve been wondering what drove this insistence on doing the right thing, no matter the inconvenience. I wrote a note on the back of my business card and asked a flight attendant to pass it up front: ”Captain, I appreciate your commitment to maintaining accurate records.” What would have been the harm of that? But he chose to it remediate the problem immediately. (The airline doesn’t have a large presence at DTW, so it apparently outsources its maintenance.) The captain could probably have overlooked the incorrect notation, taken off on schedule, and corrected the error after landing in Seattle. It took another 20 minutes for the technician to return and fix the paperwork error. The captain said he could understand how the mistake happened, but the notation had to be corrected before we could leave the gate. A few minutes later the captain was back on the intercom and said that the repair was completed but the technician, who by this time had already left, wrote on the worksheet that the repair was done on the captain’s side of the cockpit. Then the captain came on the intercom and said there’d be a short delay in leaving: a technician was just finishing a repair to something on the first officer’s side of the cockpit. I was enjoying that rarest of economy class luxuries, an exit row all to myself. Everyone had boarded, and we were waiting for the crew to close the cabin doors and push back from the gate for an on-time departure. I was booked on a nonstop flight from Detroit to Seattle to attend a biosafety compliance conference.

If you find yourself in a conflict of interest, get out of it as soon as possible.Never steal supplies from the workplace.If you make a mistake and a team's project gets messed up or you miss a deadline, own up to your mistake.Use materials for work and not personal use.Adhere to company policies and procedures.If you are in management, keep your employees informed so they will know what is coming and what needs to be done.



Work when you are supposed to and save socializing, snacking, searching the internet, and personal phone calls for break time.But it's still important to have integrity at your job - even if it's not listed on a company memo. Most workplaces have a code of ethics, which lets employees know about shared expectations.
