Yet all too often we expect determination, reliability, focus, accountability, integrity and a host of other qualities in others without first making sure we have these traits in ourselves.

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Catering to the industry in pursuit of profits, integrity and accountability to investors was abandoned.

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"That's where we're saving dollars, and we've done it in a very cautious and strategic way that brings integrity and accountability to the system but does not in any way affect the benefit structure, " Stabenow said.

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The seven principles, now enshrined in the ministerial code, are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

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After Prime Minister David Cameron had opened a wide-ranging Commons debate on public confidence in the media and the police on 20 July 2011, Mr Miliband declared that the "integrity, responsibility and accountability" of UK institutions had been called into question.

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Each of those people has a unique story to tell, whether of personal integrity, razor-sharp quantitative skills, ethical accountability or community engagement.

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Governments who join the partnership are called on to develop concrete commitments around open government to address at least one of five grand challenges (improving public services, increasing public integrity, more effectively managing public resources, creating safer communities, increasing corporate accountability).

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Transparency and accountability are critical walls of a governance foundation that not only supports sound pay decisions but also adds structural integrity to the process of discussing compensation with stakeholders.

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