# Long-Term Integrity Outweighs Short-Term Gain by Bryant McGill > “Profit and public good can diverge. Choosing restraint when quick revenue would harm the wider community builds trust. Long-term integrity outweighs short-term gain.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream (Oct 2018)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the dated developed livestream document (2018-10-09). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Business Ethics|Business Ethics]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Profit and public good can diverge. Choosing restraint when quick revenue would harm the wider community builds trust. Long-term integrity outweighs short-term gain.” — Bryant McGill, Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Livestream (Oct 2018) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-integrity-outweighs-short-term-gain ```