{"id":56793,"date":"2024-05-22T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nlpc.org\/?p=56793"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:41:01","slug":"leftist-amazon-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nlpc.org\/corporate-integrity-project\/leftist-amazon-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Amazon Board Members Called Upon to Disclose Political Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a\u00a0proposal<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Amazon.com, Inc<\/a>\u2019s annual shareholder meeting<\/a> that would require nominees for the board of directors to disclose their past campaign and charitable donations, so that shareholders could be more fully informed\u00a0about how they might govern the company and oversee its assets.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s board of directors opposed our proposal, as explained on Page 72 in its proxy statement<\/a>. NLPC filed a proxy memo<\/a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month that rebutted the board’s opposition statement, and provided further support for NLPC’s proposal.<\/p>\n

Speaking as sponsor of the resolution was\u00a0Paul Chesser<\/a>, director of NLPC\u2019s\u00a0Corporate Integrity Project<\/a>. A transcript of his two-minute remarks, which you can listen to\u00a0here<\/a>, follows:<\/p>\n

There are many reasons why the request in our proposal, Item 15, asks for directors and director nominees to provide their political and charitable donation information for Amazon\u2019s voting shareholders.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s so investors can cast more fully informed ballots.<\/p>\n

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Amazon claims it prioritizes a diversity of perspectives for its directors, pointing out race and gender as two such points of diversity.<\/p>\n

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I did not know that the color of one\u2019s skin was a perspective.<\/p>\n

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Nor did I know that the chromosomes and genitalia that one possesses determine another monolithic perspective.<\/p>\n

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What I have<\/strong> discovered, however, is that whatever immutable characteristics an Amazon board member possesses, almost all of them end up being far left political donors!<\/p>\n

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Of the 13 directors listed on Amazon\u2019s website<\/a>, only one board member has given mostly to Republicans \u2013 but not many of them.<\/p>\n

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Many of the rest of the Amazon directors are massive Democrat donors, and those that don\u2019t spend as much, still donate to only<\/em> Democrats.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Bezos<\/a> (pictured above) has given to a few Republicans, but we know Mr. Climate Pledge Arena<\/a> is woke at heart.<\/p>\n

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These leftist ideologues control Amazon\u2019s Nominating and Governance Committee, and its Leadership Development Committee.<\/p>\n

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That means there is zero ideological diversity that informs the addition of new board members, and the addition of new executive leadership, for Amazon.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why the Company\u2019s censorship<\/a> is almost entirely against conservatives<\/a>, and why it gives to corrupt organizations<\/a> like Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation<\/a>, as just two examples of biased management.<\/p>\n

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According to Pew Research<\/a>, 44 percent of U.S. adults believe Big Tech favors liberals, while only 15 percent believe the opposite.<\/p>\n

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Like it has with Bud Light<\/a> and Disney<\/a>, insular management and governance will catch up with you one day.<\/p>\n

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Please vote for Item 15.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read NLPC\u2019s shareholder proposal for Amazon.com, Inc.\u2019s annual meeting\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to Chesser\u2019s two-minute remarks as delivered\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read NLPC’s proxy memo, filed with the SEC, in support of its proposal, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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