Positive character trait
Incorruptible
Unable to be persuaded to act dishonestly.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Refuses gifts, favors or offers that come with a decision attached.
- Reports an attempt to influence them instead of quietly turning it down.
- Reaches the same decision whether the person affected is powerful, a friend or a stranger.
Fits when a person cannot be induced to betray a duty for money or advantage
Not when there has been no meaningful temptation or test of integrity
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: calling yourself incorruptible invites the question of who tried, and it reads as a boast. Describe the conflict you declared or the compliance role you held, and let a reference say it.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is incorruptible: in [role], they were offered [gifts, favors or pressure] by [party] more than once, refused every time, and reported it as the rules required.
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Report card comment [Name] stays honest under pressure from friends, and will not join in when others want to bend the rules of a game.
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In a story, shown not told The envelope was clipped to the plans when he came back from lunch. He photographed it, sealed it in a bag, and walked it to his supervisor before he read a single page.
The incorruptible inspector refused every gift offered by the contractor.
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