U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

Definition: Leaders maintain high standards of honesty and ethics that serve as a model for the whole workforce. Leaders promote teamwork and communicate the organization's shared vision to all levels of the organization and seek feedback from employees. Employees respond by maintaining high standards of honesty and ethics.

When the key elements of the critical success factor Integrity and Inspiring Employee Commitment are effectively implemented, agencies will realize the following results:

• Effectiveness results.
• Compliance result.

Select this link to view the key elements and suggested performance indicators for this critical success factor. [36 KB]

Effectiveness Results

• Leaders maintain high standards of honesty and ethics that serve as a model for the whole workforce; employees respond by maintaining high standards of honesty and ethics.
• Leaders promote teamwork and communicate the organization's shared vision to all levels of the organization, and seek feedback from employees.

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Compliance Result

The agency complies with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and other statutory and governing guidance compiled by the Office of Government Ethics to cover conflict of interest and ethics. The agency also complies with its own supplemental standards of conduct.

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