Business Public Trust examines public confidence in American business through independent research, education, commentary, and media initiatives. We are unaffiliated with any company, trade association, or industry organization, and our work is not controlled by any outside interest. We believe business enterprise is among the most powerful instruments of public benefit ever devised. Its capacity to create jobs, attract investment, drive innovation, expand opportunity, strengthen competition, and contribute to national prosperity is precisely why business must be held to serious standards, and recognized when it advances the public good.