The Banana King who (tried to) put people over profits
Socially conscious companies are now dismissed as pursuing "woke" capitalism. But don't forget Eli Black, the United Fruit CEO who partnered with Cesar Chavez.
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Socially conscious companies are now dismissed as pursuing "woke" capitalism. But don't forget Eli Black, the United Fruit CEO who partnered with Cesar Chavez.
It came during James Corden's last edition of The Late Late Show.
Author Matt Garcia discusses his new biography of Eli Black, a midcentury CEO whose efforts at corporate social responsibility ended in tragedy.
>> of all the bipartisan negotiations going on the hill, the police reform one is that i and most reporters have been the most bullish about, because they have kept the details locked down. the three lawmakers working on this closely, really going back to late last year, have been running a very tight ship. and we were told early this week that they actually started circulating text among themselves. that they thought they might be close enough to an agreement to actually start putting something down on paper in legislative text. that's a big deal in d.c. but what has come to the forefront as ...
And certainly it's going to start with the top and not fueling the kind of division that we have seen. >> on that note, you have made criminal justice reform one of the main things you're talking about as a candidate, and you're also running on your record as a prosecutor in san francisco and as the attorney general of california. riley fink over here as a question about that. he's a senior here at drake studying political science. >> good evening, senator. thank you for being here. >> hi. >> you positioned yourself as in line with the progressive movement to make criminal justice less punitiv...