Can companies like Starbucks heal America's broken leadership?

Business Respect Wednesday 19th October, 2011

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, is making a stand against bitter partisan divisions in Congress. He published a full page ad listing a hundred business leaders that had agreed – like him – to withhold campaign contributions until legislators sorted out a fair, bipartisan deal in the face of the economic crisis.

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