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Search every verified Bradford Turner interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In an October 2024 video titled "Our Values in Action: Brad Turner on Integrity as our foundation," Turner discussed his definition of integrity and its relationship to trust and communication. He stated that integrity means "conducting yourself in a manner that's worthy of respect," doing the right thing even when unobserved, and communicating with "candor and transparency" while honoring commitments. Turner described trust and integrity as "integrally related," asserting that trust cannot exist without integrity and that trust is built "through experience and performance over time." Turner also emphasized the role of communication in demonstrating integrity, saying that individuals can either demonstrate "candor and transparency" or fail to do so through their communication. He added that clearly articulating expectations regarding behavior and performance is critical to maintaining an environment of integrity.
“To me integrity means conducting yourself in a manner that's worthy of respect. It means you do the right thing even if you think no one's watching and it means you always act and conduct yourself and communicate with candor and transparency and you honor your commitments.”
“Trust and integrity are integrally related because trust cannot exist without integrity. To trust someone you have to know you can believe them, you have to know you can count on them, you have to know they're going to do what they say they're going to do and tell you if there's a problem.”
“People have to know they can count on you and they have to know they can trust you and that's built up through experience and performance over time.”
“Communication plays a huge role in demonstrating integrity. We can demonstrate candor and transparency through our communication or we can fail to do so.”
In this video, our Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Brad Turner, explains more about how we demonstrate integrity in our work ...
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