This edition: The Corporation Risk in Taking a Controversial Social Stance
Episode Details
Original tape date: July 12, 2022. First aired: March 20, 2023.Imagine being a CEO under pressure to take a public stance on a controversial social issue like racial equity, gay rights, or abortion. You know your own firm’s commitments and values, but you also know that at least some of your customers and other members of the public have different opinions, often held very strongly.
Do you take a stance that is truly in line with your firm’s values? Or keep silent to avoid offending those who differ? What are the potential costs in either case? What is in the best interest of your firm’s shareholders? Your employees? Your customers, and even society at large?
Larry Zicklin (BBA ‘57) discusses these questions with Karen Brenner, Executive Director of Law and Business Initiatives, NYU Stern School of Business, Paul Roth, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel, and Consultant to K2 Integrity, and with Professor David Rosenberg of the Zicklin School of Business Department of Law and Executive Director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. With an introduction by Interim Dean Paquita Davis-Friday, and a Q&A session moderated by Associate Dean Gwen Webb (top right).
Guest List
Karen Brenner Executive Director-Law & Business Initiatives/Clinical Professor of Business, NYU Stern School of Business
David Rosenberg Director, Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
Paul Roth Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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