Integrity

The very word that our city recently argues about is integrity (誠信).

On the face of it, the idea is simple: A leaders should not tell lie.

You may ask: How about economy of truth (as suggested by Humphrey Appleby), or simply being evasive? In fact, integrity is much more than not telling lies. As Stephen Carter (who wrote the book Integrity) pointed out, integrity requires three steps: discerning what is right and what is wrong; acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; and saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right from wrong. In short, integrity is distinct from honesty.

And, what is the antonym of integrity?

Here is what you find in Wikipedia: Hypocrisy: A state of promoting or administering virtues ... or ... principles ... that one does not actually have. 

In Chinese, we call that 偽君子.