Author Information:

Robert Chesnut is the former General Counsel of Airbnb, Inc. A graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia, he worked for fourteen years with the U.S. Justice Department where he prosecuted bank robberies, kidnappings, murders, and espionage cases. He joined eBay in 1999 as its third lawyer where he founded its Trust and Safety team. He joined Airbnb in 2016, overseeing a team of approximately 125 legal professionals in over twenty offices around the world. It is there that he developed a popular interactive employee program, Integrity Belongs Here, to help drive compliance throughout the culture at the company.