????星巴克首席執(zhí)行官霍華德?舒爾茨

????? 立場：呼吁結(jié)束政府停擺局面

????10月份，美國聯(lián)邦政府停止運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。星巴克CEO霍華德?舒爾茨拒絕在所有公司都受到不利影響時(shí)袖手旁觀。他寫了一封請?jiān)笗?，號召各公司CEO上街游行，給國會(huì)施加壓力，迫使后者通過預(yù)算案。

????舒爾茨在星巴克網(wǎng)站上發(fā)表了一封信，信中寫道：“據(jù)我所知，一些公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人也對我們保持相對沉默以及我們代表民眾要求政府首腦采取行動(dòng)所產(chǎn)生的影響感到擔(dān)心?！?/p>

????但舒爾茨沒有停留在擔(dān)心這一步。美國政府停擺期間，星巴克還在一些日子里為給他人買咖啡的顧客免單。舒爾茨希望此舉能幫助人們“在期待民選官員為了國家利益團(tuán)結(jié)起來的同時(shí)，彼此也能團(tuán)結(jié)起來。”

????Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

????? Stand: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz urged the end of government shutdown

????When the federal government shuttered in October, Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500)CEO Howard Schultz refused to sit on the sidelines while businesses everywhere suffered. Instead, Schultz wrote a petition calling on his peers to rally together and put pressure on Congress to come to an agreement.

????"I heard from several business leaders who shared their concern about our relative silence and impact in urging the political leadership to act on behalf of the citizenry," Schultz wrote in a letter on his company's website.

????But Schultz didn't stop there. The chief executive also offered free coffee for a few days during the shutdown to customers who bought someone else their drink. Schultz hoped the campaign would help people "connect with one another, even as we wait for our elected officials to do the same for our country."