Testimony of integrity

For example, Friends (Quakers) believe that integrity requires avoiding statements that are technically true, but misleading.

[2] Among some early Friends, the testimony led them to refuse to participate in drama, and they stated that to pretend they were someone else was to deny their integrity.

Giving testimony to truth and integrity also means refusing to place things other than God at the center of one's life, whether one's own self, possessions, the regard of others, belief in principles (such as rationality, progress, or justice) or something else.

Since early in the foundation of the Religious Society of Friends, Quakers have refused to take oaths, following Jesus' teaching of Matthew 5:34–37.

By having fixed and reasonable prices, Quakers soon developed a reputation as honest businessmen, and many people came to trust them in trading and in banking.

[1] Thus, the Quaker name or image was adopted by business ventures of non-Quakers, such as oats and oil companies, to imply their fair dealing in price and quality.