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🗓️ 21 May 2024
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Amid college campus protests over Palestine and Israel, stark US political divides, and legal challenges to diversity initiatives, business leaders face new pressure on whether to speak out and take action on issues of our time. Ken Frazier, former CEO of Merck, and Ken Chenault, former CEO of American Express, offer their unfiltered advice, as board members of the Harvard Corporation and two of America’s most prominent Black executives. It’s a candid conversation about the most controversial topics in American business, from DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) to January 6th.
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1:09.3 | if you've read 10 books about the origin of today's situation in Palestine. All that qualifies you to do |
1:17.6 | is to read another 20 books. I will tell you, Bob, that I think what we're seeing on the college campuses |
1:25.0 | is a microcosm of what's happening in the broader society. |
1:31.0 | Common ground will never be reached unless we go to higher ground and talk about the |
1:36.2 | principles that unite us. That's Ken Frazier, former CEO of Merck, and Ken Chennault, former CEO of American Express. |
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1:55.0 | in the wake of college campus demonstrations nationwide over Palestine and Israel. |
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