According to Aristotle, integrity can be defined as the “particular quality that men acquire by consistently acting in a particular way”. It is the sense of honesty and uprightness, towards our moral and ethical principles. We discussed at length how compromising integrity can damage our reputation, how people decide to act against integrity for personal gain, and ultimately cause irreparable damage among followers. So is it really worth compromising integrity for a big paycheck? Is losing your reputation worth the money? Throughout the essay, numerous examples of compromised integrity will be discussed focusing on the Aristotelian vision of leadership. The Seven Virtues of the philosopher will finally allow us to understand and reach a conclusion regarding these doubts. The Lance Armstrong doping scandal is an example that truly illustrates the negative consequences of challenging integrity. The lawsuit against the former American cyclist was originally filed by a former teammate. The ethical question of using U.S. Postal Service money to unfairly link it to a sophisticated anti-doping program is what took this former athlete from hero to zero. Denials and disagreements arose between him and his people until he finally decided to confess his immoral actions. Despite the confession, he was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles and was banned for life by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. To make matters worse, the vision of his “Livestrong” foundation was irreversibly destroyed. He compromised his integrity by preaching views contrary to his actions, and as a result, people lost trust and respect in him. He ignored justice and prudence for financial aspirations, which ultimately led to not only losing everything… middle of paper… and “shame”. Being able to develop these values ​​will build a character strong enough to control your temper in difficult and circumstantial situations and, more importantly, guide you through the correct path between choosing what is best and what is the right thing to do. let it be clear that no book will tell us the optimal way to lead, the best way to organize subordinates, however, we must realize that successful leaders all have something in common, their actions speak louder than their words and that these actions they are all driven by integrity. The emerging leader should ultimately be able to build character dependent on integrity. Character should be built by the core values ​​we uphold, the context of our vision and most importantly, we should always keep in mind that "there is nothing worse than losing trust, as it will mark our reputation".”.