{"id":5955,"date":"2013-08-20T13:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T17:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:54:45","slug":"maintaining-integrity-as-you-grow-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2013\/08\/20\/maintaining-integrity-as-you-grow-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Integrity as You Grow Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to maintain integrity in the creative and entertainment industries is a central question to the new and struggling creative entrepreneur. What you\u2019re willing to compromise can define your career.<\/p>\n<p>In this digital age of increased transparency, consumers want to know what to expect from a business and they readily share that information to broad social networks. This is why it\u2019s important to set a precedent and maintain it; still, there are certain moments that call for flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Is responding to these calls necessary every time, and if so how flexible should one be? While the answers to these questions depend on the situation, overall one should be able to respond to these moments in a way that is consistent with the company\u2019s and one\u2019s own moral and social values. Set aside time to figure out what you and\/or your company stands for as a creative and professional enterprise. Outlining these values now may help you maintain your integrity as your business grows.<\/p>\n<p>Read more to gain insight on recognizing precarious compromises and get tips on maintaining integrity in your business:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com\/2013\/06\/18\/the-problem-with-flexibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com\/2013\/06\/18\/the-problem-with-flexibility\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/articles\/the-importance-of-keeping-your-integrity-in-business-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/articles\/the-importance-of-keeping-your-integrity-in-business-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to maintain integrity in the creative and entertainment industries is a central question to the new and struggling creative entrepreneur. What you\u2019re willing to compromise can define your career. In this digital age of increased transparency, consumers want to know what to expect from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-templates\/post-middle-column.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8600,8577],"tags":[8582,8576,8581,38568,8660],"class_list":["post-5955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inside-retail","category-small-business","tag-business-tips","tag-entrepreneurs","tag-global-business","tag-small-business","tag-startups"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1v7EM-1y3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}