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Scott Shepard: The Results Are Coming In For ‘Woke’ Corporate Policies, and They’re Messy

FEP Commentary /
As the 1979 General Election neared, the Conservatives hired the advertising firm of Saatchi & Saatchi to make artwork (for the ‘70s British equivalent of billboards) for the campaign. What they came up with was a drawing of a long line of ...
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Starbucks Store Closures Drive Shareholders to Request Oversight of Woke Policies

Press Release /
Washington, D.C./Seattle, WA – Today, shareholder activists from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will follow their August lawsuit against Starbucks’ racist civil rights violations by presenting a proposal to all Starbucks shareholders asking them ...
Diversity DEI discrimination

Scott Shepard: States Can Stop the Outsourcing of Race Discrimination by Corporations

FEP Commentary /
Last week The Federalist published an important story detailing how various companies are “laundering” or “out-sourcing” their efforts to discriminate against so-called “non-diverse” employees on the basis of race, sex and orientation to non-profits, charities and public benefit corporations. It reported that [i]n response to ...
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FEP Sues Starbucks for Tying Executive Pay to Racist Hiring Goals

Media Mention /
Over the last few years, our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) representatives have warned dozens of corporations that their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies are racist -- and very likely illegal. Some companies have heard us, but many others have ...
The Left, Simplified – an Interview with Scott Shepard

The Left, Simplified – an Interview with Scott Shepard

Free Enterprise Project /
Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard appears on Blunt Force Truth to discuss the National Center’s lawsuit against Starbucks for racist hiring policies, the push to ban gas-powered vehicles, and more. Listen to the full interview below: ...
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Starbucks at Center of Lawsuit for Racist Civil Rights Violations

Press Release /
Washington, DC – The American Civil Rights Project (the “ACR Project”) filed suit in Spokane, Washington yesterday against beverage giant Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the company’s officers and directors. The suit was filed on behalf of the National Center ...
Diversity DEI discrimination

Corporations Pay Employees to Discriminate Based on Race… And That’s Illegal

FEP Commentary /
A series of shareholder demands predicate to lawsuits, and now some lawsuits themselves are forcing some notably bad-actor corporations away from the unquestionably illegal policy of discriminating on the bases of race, sex and orientation in the name of equity ...
NCPPR Files Suit Against Starbucks for Racist Civil Rights Violations

NCPPR Files Suit Against Starbucks for Racist Civil Rights Violations

Press Release /
Yesterday the American Civil Rights Project (the “ACR Project”) filed suit in Spokane, Washington against beverage giant Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the company’s officers and directors. The suit was filed on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy ...
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The Chickens of ‘Woke’ Are Coming Home to Roost on Business Heads

FEP Commentary /
The chickens of wokeness are coming home to roost on the heads of the business leaders who have done so much to unleash this plague upon us. There’s a better, and less cliché-ridden, way to frame that. Have you seen A ...
corporate elites

Corporate Elites Don’t Recognize Shareholders As Owners

Every American has experienced miserable customer service from our corporate overlords, but that cold shoulder is a warm hug compared to how corporations cheat and deceive their own owners — the shareholders. As a conservative shareholder activist for the Free ...