Integrity and Leadership: Munir Sheikh

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:01 PM

Munir Sheikh shows us what integrity
and leadership look like

John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail

“The fact that in the media and in the public that there was this perception that Statistics Canada was supporting a decision that no statistician would, it really casts doubt on the integrity of that agency, and I as head of that agency cannot survive in that job,” Mr. Sheikh told the committee.

It is one thing to quit your job because you don’t agree with the boss. It is something quite different to quit your job rather than see the integrity of the people you lead compromised. There aren’t many of us who would do such a thing. But Munir Sheikh would, and did.

Full article:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/munir-sheikh-shows-us-what-integrity-and-leadership-look-like/article1653405/

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