"Integrity is sustained by forethought and commitment," said Elder Royden G. Derrick of the Seventy in an address at the October 1984 general conference. "It was written of Helaman's stripling warriors, `Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness.' (Alma 57:21.) They were fully committed to what they would do when they got into the heat of battle. Their efforts won them the crown of integrity."
Elder Derrick posed several questions:- As an employee, are you committed to give at least 40 hours work for 40 hours pay?
- Do you work enthusiastically in your job and use your best efforts to strengthen the company for which you work?
- Do you, as an administrator, study your challenges thoroughly and anticipate the results before you submit your recommendations?
- Do you jump to conclusions without taking the time to know the facts before you make your decision?
- Do you properly sustain those working under your jurisdiction?
- Do you sincerely sustain those to whom you are responsible?
- Do you young men and young women stand loyal, in the face of opposition, to those moral principles you have been taught in the home?
- Do you, as a wife and mother, strive earnestly to create an atmosphere of love and harmony in the home?
- Do you fathers and mothers seriously strive to inculcate values of integrity, morality, charity, and good manners in your children?
- Are you completely honest with yourself and others?
- Are you obedient to Him who gave you life?