How do I stop compromising my values at work without realizing it?

You have noticed something most people never catch: the small bends have become so routine you stopped seeing them. That awareness is not a failure. It is the alarm finally going off, and hearing it is the first real step back toward yourself. Small compromises are dangerous precisely because they hide. Each one alone seems too minor to matter, so it slips past, and the slow drift only shows when you look up one day and barely recognize your own standards. The good news is that the same smallness works in reverse. Little corrections, made on purpose, add back up. Start by simply watching for a day. Notice each moment you shade the truth or cut a corner, and just name it to yourself, no judgment, only attention. Awareness is what you lost, so awareness is what you rebuild first. Once you can see the bends again, you get to choose them, and that is where integrity comes back.