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  1. Corporate governance has become the new ground for action by political activists. When corporations have almost all the power, that's where the activism is going to go. axios.com/corporate-activism-protests-boycotts-policy-cfa0bc86-db8c-4630-a6ec-f29360fb777d.html
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      It means that nothing is more frightening to employer than their employees speaking out of turn. Chronotope/1159429731906916353
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        It means that, unionized or not, employees of particular companies have an increasingly powerful capability to alter how our entire country works. Chronotope/1158412272785666049
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          It means employees are having public impacts on their companies, negative ones that allow those employees to hold the corporate policy to a higher standard. Chronotope/1143920408057536516
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            And it means that boycotts and consumer pressure are becoming not just *a* way to set America's policies, it is becoming one of the most powerful. Chronotope/1158237583090094080
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              And in marketing-land, companies can't just showcase their brand, they have to show their alignment with their consumers' politics. Chronotope/1131388719011966976
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                Increasingly, even those marketing companies can't just make the message, they have to *live* it. Chronotope/1156550741995216899
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                  And if your company can't align its politics and contributions with the employees' then they are going to leak: Chronotope/1119604593242120192
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                    The big corporations created this situation themselves, now they have to deal with the consequences. Chronotope/1159450591673933824
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                      "It looks like new power by public pressure groups to change corporate behavior." - lindsey_brink 'Using companies to change policies "is a really effective way to include people on the ground floor in American politics"' - HC_Richardson
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                        lindsey_brink HC_Richardson And politics is increasingly starting to impact recruitment: "[CS] students whom I interviewed told me they were grateful SLAP is making noise about Silicon Valley, & that their concerns reflect a growing campus skepticism of the technology industry" slate.com/technology/2019/08/stanford-tech-students-backlash-google-facebook-palantir.html
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