Ralph Nader has been Corporate America’s fiercest critic. Supreme Court Justice William Powell singled out Nader in his infamous memo as the “single most effective antagonist of American business… [the] target of his hatred… is corporate power.” But now in The Rebellious CEO, a book that will surprise both his fans and critics, Nader profiles a small group of CEOs who he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers, some well-known, some not, who should be celebrated as exceptions whose life and career should be a course of emulation and inspiration for students of business, executives and the wider citizenry. They give us, Nader writes, “a sense of what might have been and what still could be if business were rigorously framed as a process that was not only about making money and selling things but improving our social and natural world.” Nader will be joined in conversation with Erica E. Phillips, Economic Development Reporter for the CT Mirror.
Copies of The Rebellious CEO are available for purchase through the Mark Twain Store; proceeds benefit The Mark Twain House & Museum. Books will be shipped after the event. We regret that we are NOT able to ship books outside the United States as it is cost-prohibitive to do so.
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About the Author: Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and author. Named by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history and by Time and Life magazines as one of the hundred most influential Americans of the twentieth century. Ralph Nader and the dozens of citizen groups he has founded have helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer workplaces. Nader continues to be a relentless advocate for grassroots activism, more civic organizations, and democratic change for a just society.
About the Moderator: Erica E. Phillips is an award-winning business and economics journalist. She currently covers economic development for the nonprofit Connecticut Mirror and writes the bi-weekly newsletter, ‘On Balance,’ about the Connecticut economy. She has worked at the American Public Media’s Marketplace and Wall Street Journal (Los Angeles bureau). Erica grew up in Minneapolis, MN, studied economics at Haverford College and earned a master’s in specialized journalism from the University of Southern California.
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Virtual author programs are supported by Suzanne Hopgood in the memory of former MTH&M Trustee Frank Lord.
26 ноя 2023
