Political sensitivities in China can be daunting. Just ask the NBA executive whose tweet on Hong Kong sparked a firestorm.
Executives are under pressure to speak up on social issues they once avoided—like LGBTQ rights or climate change—because employees, customers and investors have begun to demand it.
The decision by Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.’s CEO Ed Stack to pull assault-style weapons from shelves last year in the wake of mass shootings is held up as putting principles over profit. Rights advocates saw PayPal Holding Inc. CEO Dan Schulman’s cancellation of a North Carolina headquarters during the battle over the state’s transgender-bathroom...
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