The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Corporate Governance, Trust and the ‘Crisis of Insularity’ – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Corporate Governance, Trust and the ‘Crisis of Insularity’ https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/02/12/corporate-governance-trust-and-the-crisis-of-insularity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corporate-governance-trust-and-the-crisis-of-insularity https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/02/12/corporate-governance-trust-and-the-crisis-of-insularity/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:44 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=179188?d=20260211144010EST Posted by Michael W. Peregrine, on Thursday, February 12, 2026
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Michael Peregrine is a retired attorney and a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel.

 

An important new survey encourages corporate boards to address rising signs of insularity within elements of its consumer base and society at large. In this context, “insularity” is described as a reluctance to trust anyone or anything “different from me.” It is thus a condition that can have an enormous influence on business, and institutional strategy and performance – especially in the context of today’s highly polarized public discourse.

That’s the main message from the 2026 edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer (“Barometer”) (2026 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report), a widely respected global measurement of social trust in institutions. And it is a particularly important message for corporate governance and its duty to preserve external and internal trust in the company, and its vision and values.

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