Rob Chesnut: Former General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer of AirBnb and Author

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🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Silicon Valley expert Robert Chesnut teaches that companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture--integrity--are destined to fail. He has written a book called Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution. It provides a six-step process to foster and manage a culture of integrity in organizations. This week on Remarkable People, Guy speaks with Robert Chesnut, General Counsel at AirBnb, about ethics and responsibility. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
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0:48.6	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people. This episode's remarkable guest is Robert Chestnut.
0:57.3	Robert graduated from the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School.
1:01.5	He spent 14 years in the U.S. Justice Department, rising to the position of running the
1:06.5	major crimes unit.
1:08.2	One of the people he prosecuted was Algirkerk Ames, the CIA employee, who was a
1:13.5	double agent for Russia. Next, he moved west and became eBay's third attorney and eventually
1:19.2	the senior vice president of the Trust and Safety Department. In 2008, he joined LiveOps as
1:25.1	General Counsel. He left that position to become General Counsel of Chegg. In 2016, he joined LiveOps as General Counsel. He left that position to become General Counsel of Chegg.
1:30.1	In 2016, he joined Airbnb as General Counsel, and after several years became its chief
1:35.8	ethics officer.
1:37.4	He currently advises Airbnb, as well as Upwork, Turo, and Poshmark.
1:43.0	He has written a book called Intentional Integrity,
1:46.3	How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution.
1:49.6	It provides a six-step process to foster and manage a culture of integrity and organizations.
1:55.2	This episode of Remarkable People is brought to you by Remarkable, the Paper Tablet Company.
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