Members of my own association, the Arthur W. Page Society, this month delivered the second in a series of white papers, this one on trust. Produced with the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, it presents with authority and the apparent endorsement of the society's rank-and-file. It does not represent me. It is, in fact, a well-wrapped guilt gift to our industry.

 

Guilt gift. That's shorthand for a present we give someone when we've cheated them.

 

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