Word: ralph
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...organizers were remarkably heterogeneous: Ralph Nader and his allies among union leaders, politicians and economists, but also Actor Ed Asner and Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The cause: taking a poke at U.S. corporations on April 17, "Big Business Day." The place: demonstrations at 150 cities around the country. The charges: from the predictable (pollution, consumer gouging, union busting, governmental corruption) to the obscure (opposing the Equal Rights Amendment, causing high taxes and spoiling New York City's subway system). The reaction: a fairly large yawn...
...Irving S. Shapiro called Big Business Day "an ideological Woodstock." Mobil Vice President Herb Schmertz said it was "demonstration by press release." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce covered the front of its Washington office with gigantic American flags and probusiness signs. "This is obviously a self-serving day by Ralph Nader and some labor leaders," said President Richard Lesher. The conservative Heritage Foundation declared April 17 "Growth...
Should companies add more "public" directors, as demanded by powerful leaders, from Ralph Nader to Chairman Harold Williams of the Securities and Exchange Commission? Yes, if these outside directors add a new dimension of thinking, expertness and dedication to the corporation; but no, if they are merely tokens or single-issue obstructionists who would block rather than promote corporate initiatives and company welfare...
...these skeptics about the corporation, who do they think created the unparalled affluence enjoyed by the American people? Ralph Nader? The obvious answer is that the big American corporation has made a vital contribution to this achievement." Herbert Stein former chairman, Council of Economic Advisers...
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is the moving force behind the most recent attempt to inject accountability and democracy into the corporate decision-making process. Backed by a coalition of consumer-interest and labor groups, Nader is using today's Big Business Day events to call attention to the proposed "Corporate Democracy Act of 1980." Nader advocates federal chartering of corporations because state chartering encourages attempts to woo business by relaxing corporate regulations. Deleware, for example, boasts the nation's most lenient business codes and incorporates about half of the Fortune 500 businesses. Madison's reservations about state regulation were probably...