There are 183 CEOs who want women to share school and public restrooms with men in North Carolina. These CEOs signed onto a letter protesting North Carolina’s law that defends its citizens from a City of Charlotte ordinance that allowed men to use women’s restrooms (and vice versa) in schools and public facilities.
In this letter, the CEOs along with the poorly named Human Rights Campaign (HRC) committed calumny against Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina by stating that the law he signed is discriminatory toward LGBT people. The HRC publicized the letter in a post. In the post’s preface to the letter, transgendered persons are included as being under attack by the Governor as well.
(CALUMNY. Injuring another person’s good name by lying. It is doubly sinful, in unjustly depriving another of his good name and in telling an untruth. Since calumny violates justice, it involves the duty of making reparation for the foreseen injury inflicted. Hence the calumniator must try, not only to repair the harm done to another’s good name, but also to make up for any foreseen temporal loss that resulted from the calumny, for example, loss of employment or customers.)
These CEOs on behalf of their corporations and the HRC, calumniously call this law discriminatory when it plainly protects all persons’ human dignity and the common good. See the text of the law highlighted in green in the photos below that show these protections.
What must these CEOs and the Human Rights Campaign do? They have the duty of making reparation for the foreseen injury inflicted on the state of North Carolina by retracting support for the letter they signed. Then, they must try to repair the harm done to the people of North Carolina’s name, Governor Pat McCrory’s name and the names of the several legislators who supported this law. They must make up for any foreseen temporal losses that resulted from this calumny.
What can you do?
- Share this list with everyone you know.
- Take action with us on this issue by becoming a Catholics for America member here.
- Your action through membership will help us to air TV spots that inform the public about politicians like Hillary Clinton who want men to use women’s restrooms.
- Apply the Spiritual Works of Mercy to this issue.
The 183 CEOs:
- Laura Alber, President and Chief Executive Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
- Rick Anicetti, President and CEO of The Fresh Market
- Karen Appleton, Senior Vice President, Box
- James Avery, CEO, Adzerk
- Brandee Barker, Cofounder, The Pramana Collective
- Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce
- Chip Bergh, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Michael Birch, Founder, Blab
- Ed Black, President and CEO, Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group
- Nathan Blecharczyk, Cofounder and CTO, Airbnb
- Neil Blumenthal, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Steven R. Boal, CEO, Quotient Technology Inc.
- Alex Boden, General Manager, Plum Organics
- Ron Boire, CEO, Barnes and Noble
- Lorna Borenstein, CEO, Grokker
- Brad Brinegar, Chairman and CEO, McKinney
- Michael Bronner, President, Dr. Bronner’s
- Craig Bromley, President, John Hancock Financial
- John Bryant, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company
- Ursula Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation
- Wes Bush, Chairman, CEO and President of Northrop Grumman
- Mandy Cabot, Co-Founder & CEO, Dansko
- Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, co-CEOs, Atlassian
- Lloyd Carney, CEO, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Marc Casper, President and CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
- Safra Catz, CEO, Oracle
- Brian Chesky, CEO, Airbnb
- Emanuel Chirico, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PVH Corp.
- Wendy Collie, CEO, New Seasons Market
- Ron Conway, Founder and Co-Managing Partner, SV Angel
- Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
- Roger W. Crandall, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
- Paul T. Dacier, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, EMC Corporation
- Bracken P. Darrell, CEO, Logitech
- Dean Debnam, Chairman and CEO, Workplace Options
- Mike DeFrino, Chief Executive Officer, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
- Bill Demchak, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Chad Dickerson, CEO, Etsy
- Alex Dimitrief, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, GE
- Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square and Twitter
- Lynne Doughtie, Chairman and CEO, KPMG LLP
- Sandy Douglas, Executive Vice President & President, Coca-Cola North America, The Coca-Cola Company
- Martin Eakes, CEO, Self-Help
- David Ebersman, Cofounder and CEO, Lyra Health
- Randy Fiser, CEO, American Society of Interior Designers
- Blair Fleming, Head, RBC Capital Markets, U.S.
- Jared Fliesler, General Partner, Matrix Partners
- Vince Forlenza, Chairman, CEO and President, BD
- Mark Gainey, CEO, Strava Inc.
- Joe Gebbia, Cofounder and Chief Product Officer, Airbnb
- Dave Gilboa, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Jason Goldberg, CEO, Pepo
- Kristen Koh Goldstein, CEO, BackOps
- Mitchell Gold, co-founder and chair-man, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
- John H. Graham IV, President and CEO, American Society of Association Executives
- Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.
- Logan Green, CEO, Lyft
- Mike Gregoire, CEO, CA Technologies
- Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator
- David Hassell, CEO, 15Five
- Charles H. Hill III, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Pfizer Inc.
- Dick Hodgin, Co-Owner and Chief Engineer, Osceola Music Inc.
- Reid Hoffman, Chairman, LinkedIn
- Robert Hohman, Cofounder & CEO, Glassdoor
- Lane S. Hopkins, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Capital One Financial Corporation
- Mark Hoplamazian, President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- Drew Houston, CEO, Dropbox
- Stephen R. Howe, Jr., U.S. Chairman and Managing Partner, Americas Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- William H. Howle, President of U.S. Retail Banking Group, Citibank
- Steve Huffman, CEO, Reddit
- Chad Hurley, Cofounder, YouTube
- Dave Imre, Partner and CEO, IMRE
- Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO, MongoDB
- Richard Jenrette, Founder, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust
- Laurene Powell Jobs, President, Emerson Collective
- Michael O. Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Herbalife
- Kim Jordan, Founder & Executive Chair, New Belgium Brewing
- Cecily Joseph, VP Corporate Responsibility and Chief Diversity Officer, Symantec Corporation
- Steve Joyce, CEO, Choice Hotels International
- Travis Kalanick, CEO, Uber
- David Karp, Founder and CEO, Tumblr
- Travis Katz, Founder and CEO, Gogobot
- Fred Keller, Founder & Chairman, Cascade Engineering
- Alan King, President and COO, Workplace Options
- Dave King, CEO, LabCorp.
- Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alcoa Inc.
- David Kohler, President & CEO, Kohler Co.
- Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel
- Joshua Kushner, Managing Partner, Thrive Capital
- Michael W. Lamach, Chairman and CEO, Ingersoll-Rand plc
- Stefan Larsson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Lauren Corporation
- William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
- Ralph Lauren, Executive Chair and Chief Creative Officer, Ralph Lauren Corporation
- Jeff Lawson, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Twilio
- Matthew Lepore, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, BASF Corporation
- Max Levchin, CEO, Affirm
- Dion Lim, CEO, NextLesson
- Frank Longobardi, CEO, CohnReznick LLP
- Shan-lyn Ma, CEO, Zola
- Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, The Americas, InterContinental Hotels Group
- Vishal Makhijani, COO, Udacity
- Tom Mangas, CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Rose Marcario, CEO, Patagonia
- Rob Marcus, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable
- Bill Maris, CEO, Google Ventures
- Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo
- Melody McCloskey, CEO, StyleSeat
- F. William McNabb III, Chairman & CEO, Vanguard
- Douglas Merrill, CEO, Zestfinance
- Dyke Messinger, President and CEO, Power Curbers Inc.
- Chris Meyrick, Chief Diversity Officer, American Express Company
- Steve Mollenkopf, CEO, Qualcomm Inc.
- Bob Moritz, US Chairman and Senior Partner, PwC
- Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company
- Brian Moynihan, CEO, Bank of America
- Oscar Munoz, President and CEO, United Airlines
- Hari Nair, Vice President and General Manager, Orbitz.com & CheapTickets.com
- Christopher J. Nassetta, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Worldwide
- Michael Natenshon, CEO, Marine Layer
- Alexi G. Nazem, Cofounder and CEO, Nomad Health
- Alexis Ohanian, Cofounder, Reddit
- Laurie J. Olson, EVP, Strategy, Portfolio and Commercial Operations, Pfizer Inc.
- Bob Page, Founder and CEO, Replacements, Ltd.
- Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO, American Airlines
- Mark Pearson, CEO, AXA Financial Inc.
- Mike Pedersen, CEO and President, TD Bank, N.A.
- Michelle Peluso, Strategic Advisor and former CEO, Gilt
- Christine Perich, CEO, New Belgium Brewing
- Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
- Mark Pincus, Founder and Executive Chairman, Zynga
- Mary Powell, CEO, Green Mountain Power
- Hosain Rahman, CEO, Jawbone
- Michael Rapino, CEO & President of Live Nation Entertainment
- Bill Ready, CEO, Braintree
- Evan Reece, CEO, Liftopia
- Stan Reiss, General Partner, Matrix Partners
- John Replogle, CEO, Seventh Generation
- Walter Robb, co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
- Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Systems
- Virginia M. Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO, IBM Corporation
- Dan Rosensweig, CEO, Chegg
- Patricia Rossman, Chief Diversity Officer and HR Communications, BASF Corporation
- Kevin P. Ryan, Founder and Chairman, Alleycorp
- Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital
- Brian Samelson, CEO & President, eMaint Enterprises, LLC
- Julie Samuels, President, Engine
- George A. Scangos, PhD, CEO, Biogen
- Charles W. Scharf, Chief Executive Officer, Visa Inc.
- Paula Schneider, CEO, American Apparel
- Steve Schoch, CEO, Miramax
- Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO, Starbucks
- Adam Shankman, Director and Producer
- Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Technology Association
- David A. Shaywitz, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, DNAnexus
- Behshad Sheldon, President and CEO, Braeburn Pharmaceuticals
- Ben Silbermann, CEO, Pinterest
- Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft
- Jostein Solheim, CEO, Ben & Jerry’s
- Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International
- David Spector, Cofounder, ThirdLove
- Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp
- Yancey Strickler, CEO, Kickstarter
- Jerry Stritzke, President and CEO, REI
- John G. Stumpf, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wells Fargo & Company
- Julie Sweet, Group Chief Executive North America, Accenture
- Christopher J. Swift, Chairman and CEO, The Hartford
- Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip
- Todd Thibodeaux, CEO, CompTIA
- Brian Tippens, Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- David Tisch, Managing Partner, BoxGroup
- Nirav Tolia, Cofounder and CEO, Nextdoor
- Kevin A. Trapani, President and CEO, The Redwood Groups
- Mark Trudeau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
- Paul Van Deventer, President & CEO, Meeting Professionals International
- Ken Wasch, President, Software & Information Industry Association
- Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO of Wasserman & President and CEO of the Wasserman Foundation
- Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen, The Weinstein Company
- Devin Wenig, CEO, eBay
- Tim Westergren, Founder and CEO, Pandora Media, Inc.
- Robert Wolfe, CEO, CrowdRise
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook
