Companies invest CEOs with the singular authority to address high-stakes challenges and make tough decisions. However, to a large extent their power rests on the willingness of the business’s stakeholders to cede it to them. In other words, it depends a lot on stakeholders’ trust. Leaders who violate that trust soon find themselves ousted. Take Travis Kalanick, whose brash and at times inappropriate behavior repeatedly raised eyebrows at Uber. He was blamed for creating a toxic culture at the company and forced to resign by a shareholder revolt. And Kalanick is hardly an anomaly: A recent PwC analysis shows that in 2018 more CEOs were fired for ethical lapses than for poor financials or over battles with their board.