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As organizations are comprised of individuals, Ethical Blindness naturally extends into the workplace. Some business sectors appear to be more ethically blind than others, and this creates enormous enterprise risk. This chart shows the trustworthiness of the major sectors for the Russell 1000 companies based on Trust Across America’s FACTS(R) Framework.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ethical blindness can be corrected if leaders choose to be “tuned in” to the warning signs described below:<\/p>\n Is Ethical Blindness at the organizational level fixable? Absolutely. But the first order of business requires leadership acknowledgement and commitment to elevating organizational trust and ethics.<\/p>\n These 12 Principles<\/a>\u00a0called TAP, were developed over the course of a year by a group of ethics and trust experts who comprise our Trust Alliance<\/a>. They should serve as a great starting place for not only a discussion but a clear roadmap to eradicating Ethical Blindness. As a recent TAP commenter said:<\/p>\n An environment \/culture that operates within this ethos sounds an awesome place to me , I would work there tomorrow if I knew where to look for it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/b>\u00a0is the CEO and Cofounder of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/span><\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. A former consultant to McKinsey and many Fortune 500 CEOs and their firms, Barbara also runs the world’s largest global\u00a0<\/span>Trust Alliance<\/span><\/a>, and is the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0book series and TRUST! Magazine<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0In 2012 she was named one of \u201c25 Women who are Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International, and in 2017 she became a Fellow of the Governance & Accountability Institute. Barbara holds a BA in International Affairs and an MBA. For more information contact barbara@trustacrossamerica.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Copyright (c) 2018, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-30-at-9.25.23-AM-150x150.png\")
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