One word that conveys stability, unchanging terms, and word of honor in a local context

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I'm looking to send a chat to someone that conveys this message/thought but I simply cannot, for the life of me, remember what word I used to use for this.
The message I'm looking to send goes along the lines of, in a positive light,

I have been able to free up more time recently due to workflow efficiency improvements but for ________ sake I would like to stick to our original terms, which is X days to complete Y milestone.
Her company gave her a generous Christmas bonus and she can return what she owes you immediately. However, in the name of ________, she wants to follow your original amortization terms.

I was thinking of the word "formality" but in the second example, it may have been a simple, informal oral agreement between the two of them. I'm looking for a word that's sort of the antonym of "indecisiveness" and "turncoat".
Edit: I failed to make it clear before. The context is between two/a few parties. The answers and the flagged question holds the agreement to widely-accepted societal morals and standards, which may not necessarily be the case for the agreement the parties might have entered into.
What I was looking for, after additional thought, is

Her company gave her a generous Christmas bonus and she can return
what she owes you immediately. However, in the name of [the agreement
between them, or something that conveys this thought], she wants to follow your
original amortization terms.

This would work for me:

Her company gave her a generous Christmas bonus and she can return
what she owes you immediately. However, [in the name of commitment/for the sake of the commitment between the two of you (non-one word)], she wants to follow your
original amortization terms.

Aloha · Accepted Answer

The word I was looking for was commitment.

gorlux · Answer

Sounds like Integrity.
"adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty." integrity

user57854437 · Answer

Ethics seems to work well in the context provided.
[ethics  plural in form but singular or plural in construction]

the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation

[Merriam-Webster]
You could thus say:

I have been able to free up more time recently due to workflow efficiency improvements but for ethics' sake I would like to stick to our original terms, which is X days to complete Y milestone.

Another word that fits the bill nicely is principle

a moral rule or standard of good behavior or fair dealing:

His guiding principle is that everyone should have equal access to high-quality health care.
[Cambridge]
You could thus say:

Her company gave her a generous Christmas bonus and she can return what she owes you immediately. However, in the name of principle she wants to follow your original amortization terms.

Anton · Answer

For protocol’s sake refers to adherence to what has been agreed in some official circumstance, such as financial, legal or diplomatic.
Adherence to protocol overrides informal or ad-hoc arrangements such as are implied as possibilities in your two examples.

Protocol = the system of rules and acceptable behaviour that people or organizations should follow in official situations, for example when they have formal discussions
Cambridge

One word that conveys stability, unchanging terms, and word of honor in a local context

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