At a business lunch last week, my colleague said, “You can’t ask someone if they have integrity.”

Isn’t that the truth?

You cannot evaluate a person’s integrity by asking them about it. In fact, in my experience, asking them almost guarantees an inaccurate answer.

The word integrity means “a firm adherence to a moral code or values.” “Incapable of corruption.”

In my estimation, there are no human beings that are incapable of corruption. Perhaps firm adherence to a moral code is how we avoid...