{"id":224482,"date":"2021-04-11T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-04-11T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:26:00","slug":"top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Top CEOs signal they won\u2019t back down from defense of voting rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41138ece35e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41138ece35e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/#Statement_expected_this_week_to_call_for_greater_voter_access_in_wake_of_restrictive_state_laws\" >Statement expected this week to call for greater voter access in wake of restrictive state laws<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/#Emily_Glazer\" >Emily Glazer,<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/#Chip_Cutter_and\" >Chip Cutter and<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-ceos-signal-they-wont-back-down-from-defense-of-voting-rights\/#Te-Ping_Chen\" >Te-Ping Chen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Top CEOs signal they won\u2019t back down from defense of voting rights<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Statement_expected_this_week_to_call_for_greater_voter_access_in_wake_of_restrictive_state_laws\"><\/span>\n  Statement expected this week to call for greater voter access in wake of restrictive state laws<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div class=\"cx--next\">\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000228115\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Dozens of chief executives and other senior leaders gathered on Zoom this weekend to plot what several said big businesses should do next about new voting laws under way in Texas and other states.<\/p>\n<p> Kenneth Chenault, the former chief executive of\u00a0American Express\u00a0Co.<br \/>\n        AXP,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203805826\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.50%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n      \u00a0, and Kenneth Frazier, CEO of\u00a0Merck\u00a0&amp; Co.<br \/>\n        MRK,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/209956077\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+1.09%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       urged the leaders to collectively call for greater voting access, according to several people who attended. Chenault and Frazier warned businesses against dropping the issue and asked CEOs to sign a statement opposing what they view as discriminatory legislation on voting, the people said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The new statement could come early this week, the people said, and would build on one that 72 Black executives signed\u00a0last month\u00a0in the wake of changes to Georgia\u2019s voting laws. Chenault told executives on the call that several leaders had signaled they would sign on, including executives at\u00a0PepsiCo\u00a0Inc.<br \/>\n        PEP,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/208744353\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.02%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n      \u00a0PayPal\u00a0Holdings Inc.<br \/>\n        PYPL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/208054269\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.86%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n      \u00a0T. Rowe Price Group\u00a0Inc.<br \/>\n        TROW,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203200152\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+1.75%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n      \u00a0and\u00a0Hess\u00a0Corp.<br \/>\n        HES,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203832174\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.50%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       among others, according to the people. PayPal confirmed it has signed the statement. PepsiCo, T. Rowe Price and Hess didn\u2019t im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>As more companies and their leaders have spoken out on the issue in recent weeks, their stands have drawn the ire of Republican state and federal legislators who say companies are miscasting the matter and shouldn\u2019t act as shadow lawmakers. Meanwhile, activists and others have said that the actions leaders are taking aren\u2019t strong enough. Many CEOs now feel a duty, or pressure, to make their views explicitly known to employees and others, executive advisers said.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of companies remain wary of wading into\u00a0politically charged areas.\u00a0One executive from a Fortune 100 consumer-products company said board members, employees and vendors are pressing leaders to speak out, but doing so could put a bull\u2019s-eye on the company. \u201cIt\u2019s really a no-win situation from a corporate standpoint,\u201d the executive said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ceos-plan-new-push-on-voting-legislation-11618161134?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also popular on WSJ.com:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/skinny-jeans-and-9-other-styles-that-date-you-11618027200?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">Skinny jeans and 9 other styles that date you.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-best-places-to-retire-heres-where-to-start-11618070400?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">The best places to retire? Here\u2019s where to start.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Emily Glazer\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emily_Glazer\"><\/span>Emily Glazer,<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Chip Cutter\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chip_Cutter_and\"><\/span>Chip Cutter and<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Te-Ping Chen\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Te-Ping_Chen\"><\/span>Te-Ping Chen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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