Intentional Integrity - Chesnut, Robert

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Résumé :

Silicon Valley expert Robert Chesnut shows that companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture-integrity-are destined to fail.

Show of hands-who in this group has integrity?

It's with this direct and often uncomfortable question that Robert Chesnut, General Counsel of Airbnb, begins every presentation to new employees.

Defining integrity is difficult. Once understood as telling the truth and keeping your word, it was about following not just the letter but the spirit of the law. But in a moment when workplaces are becoming more diverse, global, and connected, silence about integrity creates ambiguities about right and wrong that make everyone uncertain, opening the door for the minority of people to rationalize selfish behavior. Trust in most traditional institutions is down-government, religious organizations, and higher education-and there's a dark cloud hovering over technology. But this is precisely where companies come in...

Biographie:
Robert Chesnut with Joan O'C. Hamilton...

Sommaire:
ROBERT CHESNUT was General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer with Airbnb, Inc. A graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia, he worked for fourteen years with the U.S. Justice Department as a prosecutor. He joined eBay in 1999 as its third lawyer and founded its Trust and Safety team. He joined Airbnb in 2016, overseeing a team of 125 legal professionals around the world, developing a popular employee program-Integrity Belongs Here-to help drive compliance throughout the company's culture....