{
 "figure": 5,
 "title": "Figure 5. The environmental tilt in admitted harm and in social programs.",
 "subtitle": "Verbatim responses to the same prompt: describe a specific instance when your firm’s operations in a high-risk environment contributed to harm to a community.",
 "note": "Q35 responses, n = 185, hand-coded. Spelling intact. Of the harms confessed, nearly every harm of commission was environmental.",
 "source": "STAKES survey of 400 senior executives at large US- and European-headquartered firms, fielded by NewtonX, 6 May to 2 June 2026.",
 "brief": "https://stakesproject.org/outputs/has-your-company-gone-quiet/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "columns": [
  "side",
  "quotation",
  "respondent"
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "side": "The confessions are chemical",
   "quotation": "Carbon monoxide from my company’s factories in EU harmed communities in the region.",
   "respondent": "Director, US manufacturer"
  },
  {
   "side": "The confessions are chemical",
   "quotation": "The facility in question was burned to the ground while the community was exposed to HF fumes.",
   "respondent": "Director, US manufacturer"
  },
  {
   "side": "The confessions are chemical",
   "quotation": "Due to maintenance delay, air pollution would occur with some impact on the population.",
   "respondent": "Manager, French manufacturer"
  },
  {
   "side": "The confessions are chemical",
   "quotation": "A supplier site increased risk in a high-risk region, which led to complaints abt water use and waste.",
   "respondent": "Manager, US professional-services firm"
  },
  {
   "side": "The denials are moral",
   "quotation": "I don’t believe we have harmed. We are extremely ethical.",
   "respondent": "Department head, US retailer"
  },
  {
   "side": "The denials are moral",
   "quotation": "No. It didn’t happen. We didn’t cause any harm.",
   "respondent": "Department head, Danish manufacturer"
  },
  {
   "side": "The denials are moral",
   "quotation": "That never occured and will never occur.",
   "respondent": "Director, UK information firm"
  },
  {
   "side": "The denials are moral",
   "quotation": "None. We would never allow that. This is not a decision we participate in.",
   "respondent": "C-level executive, US manufacturer"
  }
 ]
}