![]() ![]() In an ideal world, they wouldn’t, because our political leaders would work to forge a consensus for all, rather than retreat to their usual rhetorical corners so they can raise more money from donors. I know CEOs are reluctant to confront divisive political issues such as gun violence, immigration, gay rights, climate change, and the like. Because people are deeply frustrated with this country’s inability to solve its common problems, and they want corporations to fill that void, and that means companies need to start making choices. That, more than anything else, is why I say that the shootings last weekend point to an ethics and compliance issue. And second, that most people (71 percent) believe their own CEOs, where they work, should do the same. First, that most people generally (76 percent) believe that corporate CEOs should take the lead in addressing difficult issues. So we shouldn’t be surprised at all about two more findings from the Edelman Trust Report. And the one institution that most of us do trust is the one we know best: our employer. People are looking for institutions larger than they are, that can help to bring about the changes that we want to see. And after what happened this weekend in El Paso and Dayton, or in so many other places so many times before, who can blame us? We don’t trust governments to keep us safe. We don’t trust corporations to keep us economically secure. Another 72 percent say they feel “a sense of injustice” and 70 percent have a strong “desire for change.”Ĭonsider all those sentiments together, and a picture starts to emerge: people deeply frustrated with large, distant institutions like government, the media, or Corporate America overall - because, we believe, those institutions are unable or unwilling to help people overcome the problems we encounter every day. First, only 20 percent of people believe “the system” is working for them. That might sound like good news, until you consider a few other statistics. No other institutions come anywhere near those levels. In the United States, that figure is 80 percent. The exception to this trend is people’s employer. Worldwide, 75 percent of people worldwide trust their employer. ![]() Trust in business is at 56 percent - a majority, but not much of one. Trust in government is at 47 percent, which means a majority of people distrust government. That report found that public trust in government and other institutions has plummeted in recent years, both in the United States and around the world generally. So let’s take a look.įirst, I keep coming back to a conclusion from the Edelman Trust Report released at the start of this year. Nobody relishes analyzing something so painful for so many - but corporations are foolish to ignore what’s happening in this country, and increasingly they can’t escape it, either. This week Tom Fox and I dedicated our usual Compliance Into the Weeds podcast to the ethics and compliance implications of the mass shootings that happened in El Paso and Dayton last weekend.
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