Being a CEO is like being a general - if you are one, then STFU about politics. Opinions aren’t something CEO’s can afford to have, and they shouldn’t have them.
“Mr. CEO, what’s your policy on gay marriage?”
“My people don’t have weddings at work. We don’t have a stand.”
“Gay friendly policies and benefits?”
“Again, we hire people, not gay people, just people. We don’t allow sex at work, and I don’t care what they do on their off time, so long as it doesn’t impact their ability to do their jobs. If being gay makes them more effective, let them be gay. If, however, being gay hurts their performance at work, then it will be an issue, because from my desk, all I see is performance, or a lack thereof.
To be sure, we hire lobbyists to champion legislation that is in the interest of our customers, our employees, and our shareholders, since while it is true that government has never made people rich, they have made quite a few people poor. The less we have of it, generally speaking, the better off our customers, employees, and shareholders tend to be.”
True, but all the corporations seem to be choosing sides on the same sex marriage issue, due to political and public relations reasons.