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Integrity as a Science Program Officer in a Nonprofit
Integrity or honesty is highly valued. Your social capital, and your ability to get things accomplished through relationships, depends on this. Particularly in difficult projects that involved international coordination, it is important to have someone and some organization with a reputation as a trusted, honest, neutral partner to lead.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Demonstrating workplace etiquette
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Serving as a role model
How else do you use this transferable skill?
neutrality, discretion
Integrity as a Senior Project Manager in Academia
We regularly must withhold commitments and maintain deadlines.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Can identify and address research misconduct
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Demonstrating responsible authorship and publication practices
- Demonstrating workplace etiquette
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Serving as a role model
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
Integrity as a Senior Project Manager in Science Policy
We regularly must withhold commitments and maintain deadlines.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Can identify and address research misconduct
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Demonstrating responsible authorship and publication practices
- Demonstrating workplace etiquette
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Serving as a role model
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
Integrity as a Vice President in Consulting
Telling a client "no" or having to deliver bad news is never easy, but standing firm in doing what's right by your client is important in being successful in the consulting space.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
Integrity as a Chief Policy Director in Science Policy
When communicating data, especially orally, it is so important that you say when you don't know and only speak when you are certain. Loosing credibility means that you are less likely to be influential. The science policy world is a complex system of relationships and at the center is being known to be reliable, trustworthy, credible, -- essentially with integrity.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
How else do you use this transferable skill?
Not sharing confidential information
Integrity as a Clinical Scientist in Regulatory and Clinical Affairs
Clinical scientists design trials involving human patients, so integrity is key to every process.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Can identify and address research misconduct
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Demonstrating responsible authorship and publication practices
- Demonstrating workplace etiquette
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
Integrity as an Assistant Dean in Academia
The professional indicated this transferable skill is important in their position, but did not provide specific examples.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Demonstrating workplace etiquette
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Serving as a role model
Integrity as a Medical Science Liaison in Field Science
Pharmaceutical companies are highly regulated. Doing our work with integrity always is extremely important to comply with local, state, and national rules, regulations, and laws. If we do not, there are serious consequences not just for the MSL, but potentially for the entire company.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Complying with rules and regulations
Integrity as a Deputy Branch Chief (Scientific Review Officer) in Public Sector
Integrity is a key aspect of peer review administration. Fore example, there are policies and practices that must always be followed to ensure a fair, objective and complete review process.
What specific skills are part of how you apply this transferable skill?
- Complying with rules and regulations
- Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues
- Serving as a role model
- Upholding commitments and meeting deadlines
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