Sorry I engineered a system that extracts wealth from the poorest and filters it to the wealthiest in a self-reinforcing cycle to emiserate everyone outside my peer group.
A lot of people, not just CEOs, should apologize more for their screw-ups. CEOs obviously should too, but we have a real problem in this world where people think asking for forgiveness is showing weakness.
Which is another problem that is not just a CEO problem (although it is a major CEO problem)- people thinking it's okay to regularly do bad things because they're doing them for a good reason.
This can unfortunately be due to poor work culture a lot, where anyone admitting fault is saddled with all the blame and consequences. A great way to start correcting that is to lead by example from the top, though. Executives can't be surprised if this culture develops if they're always sidestepping accountability.