What is an integrity circle?

A small group of friends from the same workplace, class, school or community who voluntarily commit to meet regularly to help each other continuously improve the quality and integrity of their individual and group performance and behavior especially in the values of Patriotism, Integrity and Service Excellence in close coordination with proper authorities and leadership of the Integrity Circles Movement.

It is an Organization Development approach to prevent corruption in private and public organizations by building a culture intolerant of corruption and a performance management system which integrates quality with integrity to ensure sustainable productivity.

It is a change management approach conceptualized by Antonio C. Roldan, Jr. Ph D - a graduate of the Southeast Asia Interdisciplinary Development Institute (SAIDI) Organization Development School in Metro Manila, Philippines; President of OD Associates International, Inc. and co-founder of Transparency International Philippines; consultant to the Moral Recovery Program of Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos who issued EO 319 in 1996 to institutionalize MRP in all government offices, bureaus and entities through the formation of Integrity Circles.