Next Up to the Mic with Andy Shallal...Ralph Nader
Busboys and Poets welcomes Ralph Nader, political reformer and consumer advocate extraordinaire!
In this exclusive interview, Ralph Nader will discuss his newest book, "The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right" (11/14/23)with Andy Shallal - CEO & Founder, Busboys and Poets.
about the book
One of corporate America’s greatest foes shows how 12 CEOs he has known uniquely rejected narrow yardsticks of shareholder value by leading companies to larger models of prosperity and justice
Over the course of 7 decades Ralph Nader has been Corporate America’s fiercest critic. Supreme Court Justice William Powell singled out Nader in his infamous memo as the “single most effective antagonist of American business… [the] target of his hatred… is corporate power.”
But now, in a book that will surprise both his fans and critics, Nader profiles a small group of CEOs who he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers, some well-known, some not, who should be celebrated as exceptions whose life and career should be a course of emulation and inspiration for students of business, executives and the wider citizenry.
This select group of mavericks and iconoclasts — which includes The Body Shop’s Anita Roddick, Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard, Vanguard’s John Bogle and Busboys and Poets’ Andy Shallal —give us, Nader writes, “a sense of what might have been and what still could be if business were rigorously framed as a process that was not only about making money and selling things but improving our social and natural world.”
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm. Copies of "The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right" will be available for purchase before and after the event
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This program will be recorded for "Next Up to the Mic with Andy Shallal", a weekly program to air on WPFW 89.3 FM
