63% of Americans think CEOs "have a responsibility to take a stand" on societal issues. Many say more work is needed around income inequality, per JUST Capital research.
CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Chipotle, and SurveyMonkey agree their roles have changed.
Floyd s legacy accelerated the move toward stakeholder capitalism.
While out on a road trip with her 23-year-old daughter in April, Lisa Ross squeezed the steering wheel as she listened to a radio station report on Derek Chauvin being tried for the murder of George Floyd. When prosecutors played an audio clip of Floyd s final words, I can t breathe, she screamed in agony.
Ross, the US CEO and highest-ranking Black woman at the public-relations giant Edelman, felt Floyd s pain was her own. With the help of her daughter, Ross was able to calm down, but in that moment, she knew Floyd s death and Chauvin s verdict would have significant implications on her role as an executive at work.