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- The Board emphasizes short-term financial results over long-term value creation.<\/li>\n
- CEO values are unknown or unclear and never communicated.<\/li>\n
- The C-Suite operates in individual silos.<\/li>\n
- Management ignores trust as a proactive business strategy or a competitive advantage.<\/li>\n
- The largest departments are legal and compliance with hyper focus on risk.<\/li>\n
- HR is lacking a \u201cvalues driven\u201d hiring framework hindering the construction of a talented and engaged team.<\/li>\n
- Transparency has taken a back seat to\u00a0secrecy and closed doors, and employees are always the last to \u201cfind out.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Layers of bureaucracy and \u201crules\u201d slow every decision to a crawl.<\/li>\n
- Failure is punished so passion and innovation are low or nonexistent.<\/li>\n
- Stakeholder activism is increasing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Trust Across America has been researching and measuring the trustworthiness of the 1500 largest US public companies for almost eight years via it\u2019s FACTS\u00ae Framework<\/a>.\u00a0This, by order of magnitude, is the most comprehensive and fact-based ongoing study on this subject. We analyze quarterly and rank order by company, sector and market capitalization. We are particularly interested in tracking individual companies and sector trends over time.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile Trust Across America continues to make the business case for trust<\/a>, it remains quite common for warning signs to be overlooked or completely ignored. \u00a0Address the “trust” danger signs before distrust becomes the norm, or the next crisis comes knocking at the CEOs front door.<\/p>\n
Barbara Brooks Kimmel\u00a0is the CEO and Cofounder of\u00a0Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She also runs the world’s largest global\u00a0Trust Alliance<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and is the editor of the award- winning\u00a0TRUST INC.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0book series. In 2017 she was named a Fellow of the Governance & Accountability Institute, and in 2012 she was recognized as one of \u201c25 Women who are Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.\u00a0<\/em>She holds a BA in International Affairs from Lafayette College and an MBA from Baruch at the City University of NY.<\/em><\/p>\n
For more information visit our website at www.trustacrossamerica.com<\/a> or contact Barbara Brooks Kimmel, CEO and Cofounder<\/p>\n
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