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Marc Benioff of Salesforce: Are We Not All Connected?
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times
Posted: June 25th, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/business/marc-benioff-sal...
Salesforce may not be a household name like Facebook or Twitter, but the software company and its chief executive, Marc Benioff, are hugely influential. Salesforce is worth roughly $100 billion, and Mr. Benioff is a billionaire many times over. Success has emboldened him. A fan of Buddhism, Mr. Benioff has installed meditation rooms throughout Salesforce offices and emerged as an outspoken voice on social issues including L.G.B.T.Q. rights, the gender pay gap and the deleterious effects of social media. "Theres a shift going on," [said Benioff]. "When I went to U.S.C., it was all about maximizing value for shareholders. But were moving into a world of stakeholders. Its not just about shareholders. Your employees are stakeholders, so are your customers, your partners, the communities that youre in, the homeless that are nearby, your public schools. A company like ours cant be successful in an unsuccessful economy or in an unsuccessful environment or where the school system doesnt work. We have to take responsibility for all of those things." This idea that somebody put into our heads that companies are somehow these kind of individuated units that are separate from society and dont have to be paying attention to the communities theyre in that is incorrect. We need to have a more enlightened view about the role of companies. This company is not somehow separate from everything else. Are we not all connected? Are we not all one? Isnt that the point?"
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