{"id":443583,"date":"2022-05-08T04:23:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T01:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T04:23:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T01:23:47","slug":"disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Disney debacle\u2019 lesson for CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a27128a354c1\" 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-6a27128a354c1\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Disney_debacle_lesson_for_CEOs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;\u2018Disney debacle\u2019 lesson for CEOs&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos\/#Lefty_rallying_cry\" >Lefty rallying cry<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-debacle-lesson-for-ceos\/#Fighting_back\" >Fighting back<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Disney_debacle_lesson_for_CEOs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;\u2018Disney debacle\u2019 lesson for CEOs&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Charles Gasparino\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course the ink is barely dry on the Supreme Court\u2019s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and a draft is not quite a ruling, but it\u2019s been refreshing to finally be hearing nothing from business leaders on this contentious cultural issue.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe our corporate elite has finally woken up to the notion that it\u2019s bad business to piss off more than half the country with virtue-signaling on progressive issues. Or maybe they\u2019re ignoring the political noise and keeping busy doing what they get paid to do \u2014 trying to run profitable companies that provide returns for their shareholders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Either way, silence is golden, and we can thank Florida Gov. Ron \u00adDeSantis for making it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis did something that would have made movie character Jimmy Malone proud. Malone, played by Sean Connery in the 1987 flick \u201cThe Untouchables,\u201d is the tough, veteran cop who explained to Eliot Ness how to beat Al Capone and his criminal gang: \u201cThey pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the record: I\u2019m NOT advocating violence in defeating the corporate wokesters, or anyone for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>But there is something to be said about following Jimmy Malone\u2019s logic and taking the battle to corporate woke gangsters if they choose to become an arm of the AOC-Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party. And that\u2019s exactly what DeSantis did in his battle and convincing victory over the virtue-signaling of the Disney theme-park and entertainment corporate empire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to my sources, the C-suite types weren\u2019t just closely watching but also learning something about a new brand of GOP politics after DeSantis counter-punched Disney CEO Bob Chapek.<\/p>\n<p>Chapek thought it was a smart idea to follow the lead of some of his far-left employees who demanded he speak out against a Florida law they inaccurately and libelously dubbed \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/desantis-disney.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed how governments can fight back against corporate virtual signaling to leftists.\" class=\"wp-image-22183599\"\/><figcaption>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed how governments can fight back against corporate virtual signaling to leftists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Hennessy\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keep in mind, the law doesn\u2019t say that all; it merely states that kids from kindergarten through the third grade don\u2019t need sex-ed lessons or gender-identity preaching when they\u2019re supposed to be learning the ABCs and how to add.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lefty_rallying_cry\"><\/span>Lefty rallying cry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The cultural left doesn\u2019t really care about the truth when it comes to advancing its agenda. Left-wingers and their friends in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> created the fake meme as part of a rallying cry hoping to generate public and corporate pressure to get the state to back down. And it worked at least for awhile. After keeping his mouth shut (Smart!), Chapek gave in to the woke heat (Dumb!), and publicly attacked the law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s corporate headquarters are in Burbank, Calif. But, it\u2019s fair to say, Florida is its second home. It\u2019s among Florida\u2019s largest employers. The Disney World theme park is a cultural landmark of the state, so much so that the company has received corporate welfare writ large for decades and its complex near Orlando operates as a de facto independent local government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No longer. DeSantis did what lawmakers should have done when all those corporate CEOs decided to give in to the woke mobs in the streets and on Twitter by attacking Georgia\u2019s voting law as racist when it merely checks for ID: He fought back.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t just criticize Disney and Chapek for political grandstanding, he pushed through the Florida legislature a law that rescinds the company\u2019s corporate-welfare goodies, which includes tax breaks, access to the low-cost municipal bond market, and other privileges.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bob-Chapek.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek \" class=\"wp-image-22183425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bob-Chapek.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bob-Chapek.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bob-Chapek.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disney CEO Bob Chapek was foolish for bowing to his far-left workers in protest to DeSantis\u2019 \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d legislation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Katherine Taylor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then came this warning from the Republican governor: \u201cIf you are in one of these corporations, if you\u2019re a woke CEO, you want to get involved in our legislative business, look, it\u2019s a free country. But understand, if you do that, I\u2019m fighting back against you. And I\u2019m going to make sure that people understand your business practices, and anything I don\u2019t like about what you\u2019re doing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is despised by the left and most of the media because he embodies many of Donald Trump\u2019s winning instincts without the former president\u2019s losing rough spots (meaning, no tweeting out of the Florida governor).<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why he remains popular in his state and should cruise to re\u00adelection despite barely defeating his Dem opponent four years ago. The Disney fight isn\u2019t going to hurt his standing with voters. He\u2019s already considered a 2024 GOP presidential contender, and fellow GOP public officials are likely to follow his lead when it comes to fighting back when the business community locks arms with the left.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Georgia.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Workers load an All-Star sign onto a trailer after it was removed from Truist Park in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-22183444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Georgia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Georgia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Georgia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Altanta Braves\u2019 lost their rights to host the 2021 All-Star-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> over protesters decrying Georgia\u2019s voter ID laws.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Spink\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fighting_back\"><\/span>Fighting back<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My DC sources say that if the GOP takes the House and Senate in this year\u2019s midterms, look for them to go on the offense against corporate wokesters. There\u2019s already talk in GOP circles of public hearings forcing CEOs to explain why they think it\u2019s in the best interests of their shareholders to weigh in and support lefty issues, which are opposed by many Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If my sources are telling me this, I\u2019m pretty sure the army of lobbyists employed by Wall Street and even Big Tech are telling their CEOs the same thing. Maybe that\u2019s why we\u2019ve heard so little from them about the draft Roe v. Wade ruling.<\/p>\n<p>If they\u2019re smart, they\u2019ll keep it that way.\n                        <\/p><\/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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