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Woke CEOs May Play Dumb, But Judges Will Know Better

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You would think that corporate executives would be smart. After all, they have been given powerful positions and a lot of money to make good decisions for their companies. And yet those justifying their woke positions seem to be completely ...
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Scott Shepard: Shifting Standards of Evidence Will Doom Woke CEOs

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ESG, stakeholder capitalism, sustainability, equity – whatever the label, in each case, the fact on the ground is a corporation taking a left-wing political or social position and claiming that the move will be good for the corporation’s bottom line ...
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Corporate Support for Transgenderism is Risky Business

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"Embracing transgenderism is risky business for corporations these days," writes Free Enterprise Project Associate Stefan Padfield in The Washington Times. The recent controversies -- and plummeting profits -- for Anheuser-Busch and Target are high-profile cautionary tales of what happens when ...
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Stefan Padfield: Are Corporate Boards Breaching Their Fiduciary Duties by Embracing Transgenderism?

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Embracing transgenderism is risky business for corporations these days. A Fox Business piece stated that “controversial marketing decisions by Target and Bud Light are … burning shareholders … to the tune of a combined $28 billion.” Corporate officers and directors ...
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Human Rights Campaign Should Declare a State of Emergency for Itself, Not for LGBTQ People

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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared a state of emergency for people who identify as LGBTQ+, but Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard assures anyone alarmed by that warning that "gay people in America are not at any higher ...
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Target Shareholders Take Legal Action as Company’s Pride and Politics Sink Their Investments

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"Well, it’s finally happened. A company has strayed so far into politics, at the demonstrable and shattering detriment to its bottom line, that shareholders have begun a process that – unless Target mends its ways – will end in court." ...
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Scott Shepard: The Human Rights Campaign Should Call 911 For Itself

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Oh, dear. It appears that the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has declared a national emergency. You remember HRC, no? That’s the group that up to about a decade ago pushed for gay people to have the same civil marriage rights ...
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Scott Shepard: As Target Plays Politics, Its Shareholders Take Aim

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Well, it’s finally happened. A company has strayed so far into politics, at the demonstrable and shattering detriment to its bottom line, that shareholders have begun a process that – unless Target mends its ways – will end in court ...
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No, Choking Off Reliable Energy is NOT Real Capitalism

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"The usual-suspect, woke-capital CEOs and activist groups are lying when they claim that their wholly political campaign to kill off reliable energy is somehow capitalism in action," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard in his latest RealClearEnergy column. Scott ...
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Scott Shepard: What a Real, Fully Capitalist Energy Transition Would Look Like

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You don’t really need me to tell you this, but the usual-suspect, woke-capital CEOs and activist groups are lying when they claim that their wholly political campaign to kill off reliable energy is somehow capitalism in action. For replete and ...
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