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Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion

If corporate America is only talking about and investing in security practices in the aftermath of the UHC shooting, it's treating the symptom rather than the underlying disease. My latest for Bloomberg Opinion.

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Clinical Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, lots of other hats, even more opinions. Author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World, Harvard Business Review Press, February 2024.

The UHC CEO murder has already led to a huge ramp up in executive protection. As someone pointed out in the comments on my last post about this, security consultants are in "hog heaven". But, as Beth Kowitt explains eloquently here, the story is not CEO security measures. The story is that we treat this as the story, to the detriment of looking at the wider forces at play. "But if corporate America’s directors and top executives are only talking about and investing in security practices, they’re treating the symptom rather than the underlying disease. The issue goes deeper than just the healthcare industry, encompassing a broader business world that the public increasingly says it distrusts. “Companies need to acknowledge that the root cause of this [anger] is not treating humans with dignity and respect,” says Alison Taylor, New York University business school professor and author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World." The reaction to this shooting on social media is the most revealing and fascinating illustration of the extent of public rage against greedy corporations I've seen. And, unless we think about responses that go beyond billionaires building private bunkers away from the rabble, it will just keep getting worse. https://lnkd.in/dkvsXRF5

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Stephen Koepp

Editor in Chief at From Day One

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Excellent points by Beth Kowitt, and kudos for Alison Taylor of NYU for being ahead of the curve with her book "Higher Ground."

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