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Conscientiousness, for instance, was associated with higher scores in the study conducted by Maertens and his team, while neuroticism and narcissism were associated with lower scores.

From Scientific American • Jul. 5, 2023

"Conscientiousness is required. It is necessary to understand who and why an institution such as the Red Cross was created."

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2022

Users were scored on “big five” personality traits – Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism – and in exchange, 40% of them consented to give him access to their Facebook profiles.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2018

It’s true: Conscientiousness comes off as something weak—a nerdy way of playing by the rules; grit suggests a vigorous, old-fashioned form of virtue.

From Slate • May 8, 2016

Conscientiousness, if it is wise and well-balanced, reverences the duties and requirements of the moral life, because these duties are the essential conditions of individual and social well-being.

From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt