Ben & Jerry’s CEO: democracy is on the ballot, and business must show up

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Ben & Jerry’s is a proud Vermont-based business. We’re a global company, but the U.S. is our home and where we have a long history of campaigning for democracy. We believe that when businesses step up, particularly at moments like this, we can help shift the scales. It’s clear to me, as one of the stewards of this business, that we have a responsibility to help uphold democracy and empower communities to participate in it. It’s the right thing to do, and no business thrives where democracy doesn’t. Any slide toward authoritarianism threatens the economic environment every business depends on. Ben & Jerry’s is built on the model of Linked Prosperity, the belief that the success of a business should not be measured solely by the economic value it creates, but also by the value it creates for the communities it serves. This philosophy is embedded in how we operate because businesses do not exist in a vacuum. They rely on strong, stable communities, and those communities depend on…

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