“Taking sides” is a common term in corporate engagement, referring to businesses that receive and hang on the whims of progressive lobbyists while remaining indifferent or directly opposing concerns of Christian and conservative shareholders. Oftentimes, taking sides can have deleterious effects on businesses, destroying shareholder value and eroding brand confidence as the company allows politics to infect its fiduciary responsibility. Yet, sometimes taking sides takes on far more horrific consequences. Nowhere is this becoming more clear than in the ESG lobby’s push for American weapon companies to divest from Israel—and exacerbate an existing humanitarian crisis beyond anything that’s happening now.
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