Poll: Should Companies Take Positions on Social Issues?
Thomson Reuters and General Mills are among the Minnesota companies taking a stand against the Minnesota marriage amendment. What do you think?
Should businesses stay out of politics, or should they feel perfectly comfortable taking stands on controversial issues? That's the question a lot of Minnesotans are debating in the wake of last week's decision by Thomson Reuters, which operates a large legal-publishing division in Eagan, to oppose the constitutional marriage amendment on this fall's Minnesota ballot. Thomson Reuters isn't the first company to take such a step. A similar annoucement by General Mills prompted talk of a boycott against the famed Golden Valley food company, as well as expressions of support from amendment opponents. Aside from debate over the amendment itself, there's the question of whether companies such as Thomson or General Mills have any business …
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Rick
8:02 am on Saturday, April 6, 2013
9 months andstill going strong, have not purchased one General Mills, Pillsbury, Green Giant, El Paso or any other related GMI product. My opinion is this. Companies are in business to provide a product. Publicly owned companies are in business to provide a return to shareholders. Powell probably made this decision because GMI is a huge employee of GLBT employees and essentially bowed to their … more ›