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Robert Chesnut

Robert Chesnut

Robert Chesnut has spent a 35 year legal career exploring and helping to enforce rules that we all live by. Most recently, Rob spent 4 years as Airbnb Inc.’s Advisor, General Counsel, and Chief Integrity Officer, helping Airbnb navigate a complex regulatory framework across as it grew into one of the world's leading hospitality companies. While at Airbnb, Rob developed the company's unique ethics program, "Integrity Belongs Here," that promotes an environment of ethics and compliance within the company. He previously led eBay’s North America legal team, where he founded the internet’s first eCommerce person-to-person platform Trust and Safety team. He is the author of Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead In An Ethical Revolution. Robert Chesnut is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.
CEO Advisory

No exceptions

At Airbnb, our CEO and executive team went to great lengths to identify dilemmas before they occur as well as the best path forward—a much better idea than resolving a mess after the fact. For example, since 2018, we have had a rule that no one on the executive team...