In this first episode for 2022 of The Ethics and Compliance Library, host Lauren Siegel explores “Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution” by Rob Chesnut. The book is about Rob’s professional career and his work in compliance, ethics, and integrity at AirBnB. This book lays out developed a popular interactive employee program, Integrity Belongs Here, to help drive ethics throughout the culture at the company. Siegel gives an overview and analysis of the book, interviews Rob, and then interviews Darryl Cyphers Jr., the Director of Legal Compliance at Klaviyo. Her interview with Cyphers brings the book to life for E&C leaders and challenges us all to think differently. As always, continue the conversation in the Converge community.
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The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Rob Chesnut, whose most recent position was as the Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution with St Martin’s Press.
In this fourth and final episode, we chat about what led Rob to write Intentional Integrity. We move to considering the future as Rob discusses where he sees compliance headed in 2025 and beyond? We also take up some of the projects Rob is considering. In a Special Bonus Question, Rob tells us how he is still able play basketball with your teenage son.
The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Rob Chesnut, whose most recent position was as the Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution with St Martin’s Press.
In this third episode, Rob talks about his move in 2016 to Airbnb as GC and what it was like in those early days. We talked about Rob’s move to the role of Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. We chat about his ‘Integrity Belongs Here’ initiative and conclude with some of the things he learned moving to the Chief Ethics Officer chair.
The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Rob Chesnut, whose most recent position was as the Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution with St Martin’s Press.
In this second episode, we take up Rob’s move across country to become the 3rd lawyer at eBay in the 1990s. We visit about what eBay and Silicon Valley like in those early days. We discussed Rob’s fraud prevention program he created at eBay. We discussed how the process of taking a company public help to focus on compliance.
Rob Chesnut – UVA and AUSA
The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Rob Chesnut, whose most recent position was as the Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution with St Martin’s Press.
In this first episode, take a look at Rob’s college study at UVA and how the UVA Honor Code influenced him throughout his professional career. We moved to first job out of law school and what led you to the US Attorney’s office. We concluded by looking at some of the top cases he prosecuted while an AUSA.