James Rubin (1951-2016) was assistant professor of business administration and coordinator of the Management Communication area at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Barie Carmichael is a fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a senior counselor at the global public-affairs consultancy APCO Worldwide. She has over twenty-five years of experience in corporate communications, with positions including Visa U.S.A.'s executive vice president of corporate relations and Dow Corning's vice president and chief communications officer.
Reset hits the nail on the head with the increasingly self-evident idea that corporations must embrace the inherent risks in their business model when it is out of sync with prevailing public sentiment voiced by key stakeholders. The prescription is for corporate communication practitioners to close the gap, that is, to thoroughly know and clearly tell the story of what it does. -- Tim P. McMahon, Creighton University Heider College of Business