Four years ago, I wrote a column on why senior executives need to be mindful about the things they say and do outside the workplace from a reputational harm standpoint. Given the “cancel culture” era we are now in, the need for senior executives to practice mindfulness is more critical than ever before.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...