What does integrity mean to you?
Your interviewer is curious whether you would be able to uphold the reputation they built their business on, committing to "integrity and the highest adherence to ethical principles and governance." So, to better answer this question, familiarize yourself with their business conduct guide, which you can find in PDF form online. This guide serves as their "road map to help our people make good, ethical decisions. We should strive to act with the utmost integrity in the thousands of actions we take every day. Exercising common sense and sound judgment, acting ethically makes us a better company, a better partner with our clients and a better corporate citizen."
Many positions at Burns & McDonnell require some leadership, especially those holding an engineering position. And as they specify in their code of ethics, "every employee in a supervisory role is expected to periodically remind each member of his or her staff to review this guide." Ray Kowalik, their Chairman & CEO goes on to say, "It is up to us to maintain our reputation for high integrity by the actions we take every day."
"Integrity means many things to me. But, in the context of this question, I would say integrity means being ethical and honest at all times, and that integrity has everything to do with character. I actually went online and read through Burns & McDonnell's code of conduct. In many ways, it is similar to my current company's code of ethics. But, it is important to keep this in mind anytime you are making a decision, and how that decision would reflect on yourself and your company. So, in this, I would say our sense of integrity is well-aligned."
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