"When the US government starts to engage in corporate America in a way that tastes of favoritism, I know for most CEOs that I'm friends with, they find it incredibly distasteful,"
"Most CEOs just don't want to find themselves in the business of having to, in some sense, suck up to one administration after another to succeed in running their business,"
"That's created a level of fear and apprehension among the corporate CEO class to insert themselves in any publicly facing issues these days,"
Corporate leaders increasingly fear public political engagement because direct government interactions can resemble favoritism and undermine perceived fairness. Executives prefer focusing on creating value for customers and shareholders rather than courting administrations. Many CEOs resist positioning themselves to "suck up" to successive governments as a condition of business success. Past corporate involvement in polarizing social movements led firms to be alternately embraced or ostracized, producing apprehension within the CEO class. Rapid, viral social media sentiment amplifies reputational risk by persuading millions of consumers quickly, intensifying executive anxiety about public-facing political stances.
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