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The founder of Starbucks Mr Schultz, build the globle coffeehouse on the vision, "Americans deserve a 3rd place to relex away from home and work "..! But of course For blacks the 3rd place is the prison. #RaceTogether
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The founder of Starbucks Mr Schultz, build the globle coffeehouse on the vision, "Americans deserve a 3rd place to relex away from home and work "..! But of course For blacks the 3rd place is the prison. #RaceTogether
End of Starbucks #RaceTogether campign, ! Police arrested two black men while waiting for friends at Starbucks. #waiting_while_black
What has changed? The law is still NOT of people of Colour's side. #racetogether #blacklivesmatter #1887to2017
Bulls on Parade... An all @RedBullRacing second row for the #USGP, to challenge for the win? Via @DarrenHeathPhotographer | #F1 #Formula1 #USGP #COTA #BiggerInTexas #RedBull #Wiiings #RaceTogether #HoneyBadger #StarsNStripes
#racetogether #starbucks #charger #moparornocar
In what seems like a gigantic corporate leap from normal things like directing employees to upsell you large fries at the register, a Starbucks internal memo instructed baristas to write "Race Together" on cups and then "engage customers in conversation." The memo also offered tips for launching the dialogue, including, "Our company feels responsible to do our part as the country faces ongoing racial tension." Which is a totally natural-sounding thing that humans say to each other.
5 Huge News Stories Of 2015 (We Immediately Forgot)
Starbucks, #RaceTogether, and How Companies Do Good The Right Way
Earlier this year Etsy, the e-tailer specializing in handmade goods, filed for an IPO and went public. In doing so, it became only the second B-corporation to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. In a blog post about the momentous occasion, CEO Chad Dickerson insisted that "running a values-led company" would continue to be Etsy’s highest priority—and inform its bottom line—regardless of the whims of shareholders or the volatility of the market.
"Etsy has become a touchpoint of debate for larger issues, including whether the human-centered craftsmanship that we exist to support is compatible with being a public company, which requires a new set of responsibilities to shareholders," wrote Dickerson. "We understand the concern, but reject the premise that there is a choice to make between the two."
For a decade, Etsy has presented itself as a good-guy corporation, so to speak, placing a higher calling at the forefront of its business. It shares that distinction with other do-gooder brands—Warby Parker, Toms, Patagonia, and even Google, which despite its recent run-in with the European regulators, has long pushed its "Don’t be evil" philosophy (though that has been altered to a more market-friendly "You can make money without doing evil.")
What consumers see now is a sea change among companies—and their CEOs—to prove that their businesses aren’t purely driven by profit, that there is such a thing as a corporation with a soul.
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