Integrity is like virginity--once you lose it, it's gone for good. . . . No officer should ever be in a position where he or she fears the truth.

--Andrew Entwistle, Captain, U.S. Army In a letter to the editors of Newsweek (6/17/96), responding to an article on Navy Admiral Jeremy Boorda's suicide

 Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

--Helen Keller

Forty-eight percent of American workers admit to taking unethical or illegal actions in the past year. USA Today (4/14/97) listed the five most common types of unethical/illegal behavior that workers say they have engaged in because of pressure: •Cut corners on quality control •Covered up incidents •Abused or lied about sick days •Lied to or deceived customers •Put inappropriate pressure on others.

--survey by Ethics Officers Association and the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters and Chartered Financial Consultants