# Trust and Integrity

DevFeed: [Trust and Integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trust-and-integrity-35214.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/trust-and-integrity/>)

Published: 2019-03-02T01:09:26Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jessie Frazelle](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jessie-frazelle.md>)

Topics: [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>), [integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/integrity.md>), [Finance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finance.md>)

Tags: [finance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/finance.md>), [integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrity.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [transparency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transparency.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

A reflection on trust and integrity in workplace leadership, prompted partly by an experience in finance. The author argues that transparency, integrity, and a track record of doing the right thing are essential for leaders to build trust, while acknowledging that legal matters may require confidentiality.

## Source excerpt

I stated in my first post on my reflections of leadership in other industries that I would write a follow up post after having hung out in the world of finance for a day. This is pretty easy to do when you live in NYC. Originally for college, I was a finance major at NYU Stern School of Business before transferring out, so I have always had a bit of affinity for it. I consider myself pretty good at reading people. This, of course, was not always the case. I became better at reading people after having a few really bad experiences where I should have known better than to trust someone. I've read a bunch of books on how to tell when people are lying and my favorite I called out in my books post. This is not something I wish that I had to learn but it does protect you from people who might not have the best intentions. Most people will tell you to always assume good intentions, and this is true to an extent. However, having been through some really bad experiences where I did "assume good intentions" and should not have, I tend to be less and less willing to do that. I am saying this, not because I think people in finance are shady, they aren't, but because I believe it is important in any field. I, personally, place a lot of value on trust and integrity. I'm not really going to focus this post on what an investment bankers job is like because honestly it wasn't really anything to write home about. What I did find interesting was the lack of trust in the workplace. Trust is a huge thing for me, like I said, and I think having transparency goes hand-in-hand with that. To gain trust, I believe a leader must also have integrity and a track record of doing the right thing. I liked this response to a tweet of mine about using "trust tokens" in the case leadership needs to keep something private. They are. It gets hard with legal things like SEC filings and acquisitions but that's where an already good leadership team can use existing trust tokens. -- Silvia Botros (@dbsmashe