Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
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Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
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Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#2Terrible response, companies totally can pick and choose who they work with and who their customers are.
> I want to be clear that this decision is not about contract value — it is about maintaining a consistent and fair business approach in these volatile times.
Doublespeak for, this decision is 100% about contract value.
I am interested more in the former employee that removed the ruby gem though. Cool form of protest IMO.
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#3> to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families and detaining children wrong and contrary to the best interests of our country.
"I simply have all the ability and none of the desire to do anything about it"
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#4Well, this seems more effective than a toothless walkout at least. I'm not sure what to think of this really. Does the axed employee deserve praise? What legal ramifications will he/she be facing for the act?
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#5Having read this, I think that Barry Crist's use of "my country's government, right or wrong" in defense of supporting Trump-era ICE's indefensible methods proves that an old adage still holds true.
"[false] Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." --Samuel Johnson, 1775
Barry Crist thinks he is doing the principled thing, but I see him for what he is: the most despicable of cowards, a man who has the power to help change the world for the better, but chooses instead to uphold a profitable status quo.
Any person of conscience working for Chef should resign in protest immediately.
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#6> to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families and detaining children wrong and contrary to the best interests of our country. "I simply have all the ability and none of the desire to do anything about it"
I can see where he's coming from: if he refuses to do business with ICE because he disagrees with something they're doing (whether he or they are actually wrong), he's implicitly endorsing every aspect of every customer he does choose to do business with.
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#7I took the liberty of invoking Godwin's Law and re-purposed this template, it should make you consider how weak this statement really is.
""" While I understand that many of you and many of our community members would prefer we had no business relationship with the Third Reich, I have made a principled decision, with the support of the IBM executive team, to work with the institutions of our government, regardless of whether or not we personally agree with their various policies. """
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#8> to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families and detaining children wrong and contrary to the best interests of our country. "I simply have all the ability and none of the desire to do anything about it"
I am sure if chef withrdrew their services then suddenly the entire DHS would become sane and kind.
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#9> to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families and detaining children wrong and contrary to the best interests of our country. "I simply have all the ability and none of the desire to do anything about it"
I can see where he's coming from: if he refuses to do business with ICE because he disagrees with something they're doing (whether he or they are actually wrong), he's implicitly endorsing every aspect of every customer he does choose to do business with.
Also committing to scrutinize the internal business practices of every future partner. It's easy enough to point at ICE and say that they're actions don't align with your values. But you're setting a precedent for your company - one that will be very hard to live up to down the road.
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can see where he's coming from: if he refuses to do business with ICE because he disagrees with something they're doing (whether he or they are actually wrong), he's implicitly endorsing every aspect of every customer he does choose to do business with.
Also committing to scrutinize the internal business practices of every future partner. It's easy enough to point at ICE and say that they're actions don't align with your values. But you're setting a precedent for your company - one that will be very hard to live up to down the road.
Mr. Crist is not just the CEO of Chef. He is also a citizen of the United States of America. As a citizen, he has duties that should take priority over his responsibilities as Chef CEO. By virtue of his position as CEO, his influence and his responsibility to wield that influence in the public interest are greater.