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The Eight Pillars of Trust

Leading Blog

Trust is a confident belief in someone or something to do what is right, deliver what is promised, and to be the same every time in spite of circumstances.

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How to Prove That You’re Dependable

Frank Sonnenberg Online

If you have a personal bias or a conflict of interest, make it known. Demonstrate your loyalty. Confirm whether your message is understood. Put things in writing to avoid misunderstandings. Be objective. Present both sides of an issue to prove that you’re objective. Be courteous and considerate. Fess up to mistakes. No excuses.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Some of these activities included inherent conflicts of interest; others simply caused leaders to have to act counter to their values (loyalty, for example). Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions.

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Are Uber and Facebook Turning Users into Lobbyists?

Harvard Business Review

Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, 23andMe, and other companies working around or, in some cases, outright ignoring existing regulations have found customer loyalty to be an asset in their conversations with lawmakers and regulators. There’s also the court of public opinion to keep in mind, for business-to-consumer companies especially.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

It demanded blind loyalty, hired ISTJ personality types for support and rewarded dogmatic sales types for trading deals. Employees were expected to live the same ways (even in the same neighborhoods) and have common outside interests, with little individuality. The outside auditor took unfair advantage of not being watched.

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Ethics Allegations Will Hurt White House Staffers Even If They Turn Out to Be False

Harvard Business Review

In recent weeks, we have seen almost daily reports surface of potential ethical conflicts in the White House, whether it’s possible conflicts of interest between the Trump family’s business ties and government priorities or allegations of collusion between campaign allies and Russian intelligence.

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If Democrats Want to Challenge Trump, They Need a New Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Attacks on Trump’s conflicts of interest have also failed, and will keep failing until or unless they are tied to particular actions that are seen to harm his supporters. Until then, his supporters will simply that assume all politicians are corrupt and that Trump’s wealth somehow insulates him from such conflicts.