Abigail's Reputation In The Crucible

In today's society a person's reputation is more important than a persons integrity because it is how people perceive you. No one should want to want to ruin their reputation. The fact of the matter is that reputation plays a big role in society and it is should be very important to people and they should value it.
In the Crucible, Parris did not want to ruin his reputation because if he had not killed all the others who were accused of witchcraft it would have made him look really bad. Although, after they figured out that Abigail was faking the whole the thing. He still had to do what was right to protect his reputation. So this here shows how important and valuable a persons reputation is, in today's society. The people of Salem would

have highly disregarded Reverend Parris and that is not what he wanted
Abigail, herself, had a bad reputation with the people of Salem. After they realized she was in the wrong. She had to protect herself after she accused half the people in Salem of witchcraft. She saw there was no one else to accuse, she took her uncle's money and ran away. She left a bad reputation, she knew what she was doing and in her eyes she did not want to ruin her reputation for herself. Although she did ruin it, which forced her to leave and supports the importance of reputation.
People in today's society who work for big businesses have to value and protect their reputation. When Bill Clinton was accuses of cheating on his wife he was impeached leaving a bad reputation on the U.S. showing them he is a person that you can not really depend on. This again, shows what the valve of having a good reputation because it is how people see you.
Another real life situation is how a lot of famous people who try to live private lives while keeping a good reputation. Ray Rice a famous football player got kicked out of the NFL for punching his girlfriend in an elevator. Now making him not able to play. He ruined his reputation to the point nobody even sees him as a star. Although he still play football it is not important because he ruined his reputation.
When you look at it, reputation is more important that than integrity because it is how people see you sometimes. It may even be how you gain trust in someone, without a good reputation your integrity does not matter.