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Our\u00a0TRUSTGiving 2014<\/a>\u00a0weeklong trust awareness campaign is coming to a close. Members of our \u00a0Alliance of Trustworthy Business Experts<\/a>\u00a0have written guest blog posts<\/a>\u00a0this past week to help our readers navigate the complexities of trust and discuss what giving trust means to them.<\/p>\n This post will be the last of the series.<\/p>\n Imagine if people didn’t use drugs. The\u00a0“Say no to drugs” campaign would become obsolete. If nobody smoked, there would be no need for scare tactic TV commercials on the dangers of cigarettes. Similarly, if everyone could be trusted,\u00a0trust would not be considered the issue of the decade, as many believe.<\/p>\n We can end the trust crisis in short order by collectively choosing to shut down the people who are fueling\u00a0it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Imagine if we\u00a0refused to support:<\/p>\n When your heart or your gut tells you that someone is doing the wrong thing, listen carefully and just say “No.”<\/p>\n As I wrote at the beginning of #TRUSTGiving2014,\u00a0let’s get back to basics<\/a>.\u00a0Don’t “settle” for relationships that fall short in trust.<\/p>\n Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span>TRUST! Magazine<\/a>. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n\n