, directly challenging the Morrison government’s call for companies to focus on economic debates.
The government has publicly chastised businesses for bringing up social issues, with the Prime Minister Scott Morrison tellinglast week he wanted a conversation with the corporate sector about the economy not "distractions". That followed a speech from Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Ben Morton in which he blasted business for speaking out on social issues but being missing in action on debates about tax or industrial relations.
The CEDA survey found widespread public support for businesses to speak out on issues directly outside a firm’s direct interests. “While there has been much debate on the appropriateness of corporate leaders speaking on issues outside their core business, it is clear from these results the community consider this to be acceptable,” CEDA chief executive Melinda Cilento said.
‘Get woke go broke’....how much did Gillette lose for virtue-signalling?
Get woke, go broke. Just sell your product and stfu about activism
They may as well take a stand, our federal government does not have any policies in that space apart from seeing who can be the most cruel and denying any problems.
BS we do