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Corporate Social Activism: To Speak Up—or Not?
07/01/2022
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A shareholder proposal during gun maker Sturm, Ruger & Co.’s annual meeting was met with votes (68.5 percent) in favor on June 1, a week after 21 people, including 19 children, died and 17 others were injured at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, at the hands of a gunman. The proposal asked Ruger to hire a third party to investigate the impact of the company and its products on human rights...
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