Axel Springer plans to force disclosure of employee relationships after Bild scandal

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Erika Solomon, Olaf Storbeck, Kaye Wiggins and Anna Nicolaou, Financial Times, November 8, 2021 German publishing giant Axel Springer plans to require its nearly 16,000 employees to disclose sexual relationships between managers and subordinates, in the wake of a...

What Mark Zuckerberg Got Wrong In His 1300-Word Facebook Memo

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Jena McGregor, Forbes, October 7, 2021 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally weighed in on the escalating crisis at the social media giant on Tuesday with a lengthy missive that downplayed risks and hit the wrong note with people on and off the platform, doubling down...

Texas based Match, Bumble react to new anti-abortion law

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Isa Soares, CNN’s Quest Means Business, September 3, 2021 In an interview with CNN’s Isa Soares about business’s reaction to Texas’ new anti-Choice law, Davia Temin discusses how many companies are waiting to see the reaction of the public before taking a...

“There’s a ‘Fanatical Group of Worshippers’ in Your Stock. What’s Next?”

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Lindsay Frost, Agenda, June 28, 2021 AMC Entertainment Holdings CEO Adam Aron has been actively embracing on Twitter, YouTube and other platforms a new trove of investors who propelled the company’s stock price up more than 300% in the past month. The latest...

Red Corporation, Blue Corporation? Corporate political speech becomes a board issue

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April Hall, Directors & Boards, 2021 Second Quarter After the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, many companies announced that they would halt political contributions, either permanently or for a defined period. Some discontinuations involved a particular...

In Trump Era’s End, an Uneasy Reckoning for Corporate America

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Jeff Green, Bloomberg, January 7, 2021 Corporate America is parting with its CEO president — carefully. Four years after Donald Trump swept into the White House, cowing executives and shaking markets with tweet storms and tantrums, corporations that applauded...