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Question 22 of 33
What does integrity mean to you?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Questions such as these are primarily aimed at determining whether you would be able to adhere to, without any exceptions, their code of ethical conduct. You can find 3M's code of conduct easily online. Before your interview, familiarize yourself with this, and how it aligns with your current or previous employer's code of ethics or conduct. You basically want to show them your character, and that you can be trusted to be an asset to the company who protects the company's assets, including their reputation.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"When I think of the word integrity, I think of it as the tensile strength of something. How durable is that integrity? It is what supports a building, or someone's character. So, to me, integrity means being strong and resolved. Being brave and willing to do the right thing, no matter the cost. I am a very moral-based, trustworthy, and honest individual. That's what integrity means to me. So when you ask me to adhere to an ethical code of conduct, I will be true to it, to my word, and to myself."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
3M's CEO Mike Roman said "Great and enduring companies are driven by purpose, and built on a foundation of trust-trust from our customers, employees, partners, shareholders and communities. At 3M, we cannot break that trust-ever."
Also, among the values, they state their employees have a "passion for making an impact. Our employees are not only career-driven but guided by a passion for helping people around the world. Whether it's through the products they are creating or our service programs like 3M Impact, our employees improve lives every day."
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