• Uber CEO Steps-down from Trump Business Council by Threatened Customer Boycott • Starbucks Faces Boycott After Pledging to Hire Refugees • Trump Attacks Nordstrom over Daughter’s Clothing-line • Breitbart Editor’s Event Canceled as Protests Turn Violent at UC Berkeley; • The Senate is Coming ApartIs California Really Going to Secede? Relationships are becoming politically radicalized. Which car service you use, coffee you drink, bracelet you wear, speaker is allowed to speak – are now forced-choice political decisions and even political statements. Boycott this, protest that, bully and ridicule them, punish those over there. Our congress is like two parents “governing” in the midst of a re
As Blackrock engages with your company this year, we will be looking to see how your strategic framework reflects past year’s changes [growing backlash]in the global environment. Larry Fink, CEO, Blackrock ($5.1 Trillion AUM) speaking softly but carrying a big stick in letter to S&P 500 CEOs Relational risk is the expanding, uncharted threat that boards and their executive teams face today. Few road signs point the way for addressing this new world of militant stakeholders aggressively taking on institutions and their leaders. Customer, employee and shareholder boycotts and revolts have become the new-normal for front-page headlines in 2017: Uber: CEO Steps down from Trump Council after Cust
