How business leaders can renew democracy | Daniella Ballou-Aares

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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How much should business leaders speak out about threats to democracy? It's a question many corporations are wrestling with these days. Business and democracy leader Daniella Ballou-Aares shows why companies have both the ability and the responsibility to engage in protecting elections and the rule of law — and why their bottom lines may depend on doing so.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.2	How much should businesses speak out about threats to democracy?
0:16.6	It's a question so many corporations wrestle with, especially in polarized times.
0:21.7	In her 2023 talk from Ted Democracy, business and social impact leader
0:25.8	Daniela Ballou airs makes a case for companies to be brave and engage in protecting
0:31.7	elections and the rule of law after the break.
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0:47.4	So a few years ago I was catching up with a friend from business school.
0:51.3	A church executive who on the surface seemed to be thriving.
0:55.6	She had a great career, a beautiful family,
0:58.4	and she was just one of those people who seemed to have it all together.
1:01.8	But in reality, she was struggling. The Turkish
1:05.8	government had started going after business leaders whose views it
1:08.8	disagreed with. Some of their companies had been shut down.
1:13.0	Others were in jail.
1:15.0	And she was scared.
1:17.0	And she felt guilty because she and everyone she knew
1:20.0	had stayed out of politics.
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