Women Leadership

Women in Leadership and Integrity

Professional responsibility, and a growing emphasis to address and prevent misconduct and
harassment, is an issue that Government leaders are prioritizing more and more in recent years.
WIRI leads powerful conversation among female leaders including senior executives where
women leaders share their experience in addressing issues with misconduct and harassment and
discuss ways how to prevent it.
Understanding and learning about professional responsibility requirements and processes are
important for anyone that works in or with the Government. This critical function touches every
agency, program, and individual, often in small, helpful ways, and works to protect women by
creating a safe working environment. We at WIRI clearly understand that
 Integrity is everybody’s business, and for Government employees, especially, it is always
an individual’s responsibility to act with integrity
 Confronting misconduct is not always easy, but it is a duty.

Acts of misconduct might start small, but reporting them initially might save someone
from enduring worse
 Low-level messaging climbs the ladder. By promoting positive news and engaging with
the workforce, women leaders engrain important messages and policies at all levels of an
agency
 Preventing misconduct depends on developing strong leaders who can model integrity
and address minor issues before they escalate