Thoughts on Advocacy in Businesses
This post is motivated by a number of recent articles about advocacy in businesses; specifically, different companies' approaches to such. Some motivating examples: Basecamp sees an exodus of employees after CEO takes stand against advocacy within the company: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx58vx/basecamp-employees-are-leaving-after-ceo-bans-politics-at-work Shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway are proposing advocacy-related proposals, which Warren Buffet is opposed to, saying he prefers his company not have top-down political mandates: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/dealbook/buffett-berkshire-climate-diversity.html Many companies are adopting internal advocacy programs, and/or devoting resources to such (eg: my current company has a pay-for speaker program for Diversity and Inclusion, with a new speaker for such every month, among other initiatives) The current political climate in the US is promoting the message that you are either an advocate for a cause or a...