Measuring the integrity or trustworthiness of public companies is an ongoing research project at Trust Across America-Trust Around the World. In fact, we now have over 7 years of increasingly "rich" data.
Take a look at this chart:
While we are in the business of identifying "best in breed" and not in predicting the next corporate crisis, our FACTS(R) proprietary data is quite capable of doing so. Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo (in descending order of integrity)...
Did the lack of integrity at Wells Fargo contribute to its recent crisis?
Could it have been avoided under different leadership?
Are leaders looking at the "right" data?
What do you think?
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