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Where in the World is Integrity will inspire readers

By Carole Leigh Engblom
November 23, 2004

For people concerned that integrity is a missing value in today's world, the authors of Where in the World is Integrity? share inspiring stories of integrity as seen and told by ordinary people.

St. Olaf Professor Emeritus of Psychology Bruce B. Roberts, St. Olaf Associate Director of Informational Services Craig D. Rice, and Rev. Joe E. Smith have gathered stories spanning several decades to demonstrate that integrity is still very much a core value in American society. Citing uplifting examples in business, government, politics, education, and the community, the authors help readers discover the dynamics of integrity and provide suggestions enabling them to incorporate integrity into their own lives.

"Integrity is the highest ethical value. If you want to check yours, read this book. If you want to help others develop greater integrity, read this book," says Albert Quie, former governor of Minnesota and author of Riding the Divide. "If like me, you have been impressed by Dr. Stephen Carter's book Integrity, this is your next study. May what is right grow in human hearts."

"Through the compelling power of story telling this book has captured the complexity and depth of what it means to act with integrity. The authors demonstrate that despite the daily media onslaught depicting an unethical and broken society, acting with integrity is alive and an effective strategy for living well," says Dr. Kurt Senske, CEO, Lutheran Social Services and author of Personal Values: God's Game Plan For Life. "This book challenges each of us to deeply weave integrity into our daily actions as together we serve and enhance our families, communities, workplaces, and congregations."

"We want people not only to observe acts of integrity surrounding them, but to discuss what they have seen with family, friends, and colleagues," said Roberts. "In doing so, people can encourage integrity in their lives and in the lives of others."

"Where in the World is Integrity?" was published in November 2004 by Augsburg Books. Individuals continue to share stories of integrity at the authors' website: www.integrity-in.com.

Bruce B. Roberts, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of psychology at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. He has coauthored with St. Olaf Professor of Psychology Howard Thorsheim I Remember When: Activities to Help People Reminisce (2000) and Reminiscing Together (1990).

Craig D. Rice is associate director of information systems at St. Olaf College and president of UniYatra Group, LLC. He is a published author and presenter on related topics. Rice and Roberts have also co-created the award-winning Internet service, IECC, connecting teachers and students worldwide for cooperative learning.

Joe E. Smith, M.Div., D.Min., is the former pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, OR.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-646-3271 or leigh@stolaf.edu.