ethics in business

Today we're joined by Jennifer Sey, author of "Levi’s Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job but Gave Me My Voice" and former chief marketing officer and board president at Levi Strauss & Co., to share her story of getting laid off from Levi's for speaking out against COVID school mandates. Jennifer shares her story of beginning to question the government's COVID policies and how Levi's claimed she was speaking for the company. This resulted in Levi's severing ties with Jennifer, arguing that her views didn't align with the company's. Now we're seeing more and more data emerge that proves Jennifer was right – COVID lockdowns were harmful for multiple reasons, and the benefits did not outweigh the negatives. We talk politics in the corporate world (and corporate America's response to COVID), and we look at two studies, one that shows masks aren't as effective as we were told all along and one that shows COVID infection before the Omicron variant was even more effective for immunity than the vaccination. --- Timecodes: (01:53) Interview with Jennifer begins / Jennifer's previous politics (05:58) Tribalism / allegiance to the party (18:59) The emotional side (26:16) Do you feel like you were a part of corporate leftism? (32:10) Activism & China (35:12) New study on masks (47:28) New study on immunity (51:21) Levi’s Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job but Gave Me My Voice --- Today's Sponsors: Birch Gold — protect your future with gold. Text 'ALLIE' to 989898 for a free, zero obligation info kit on diversifying and protecting your savings with gold. Netsuite — gain visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and inventory so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. Go to NetSuite.com/ALLIE to get your one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. CrowdHealth — get your first 6 months for just $99/month. Use promo code 'ALLIE' when you sign up at JoinCrowdHealth.com. --- Links: Fox News: "Ex-Levi's exec pushed out over anti COVID-19 school closure remarks speaks out on 'Tucker Carlson Today'" https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-levis-exec-pushed-out-anti-covid-19-school-closure-remarks-speaks-tucker-carlson-today.amp Cochrane Library: "Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses" https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full NBC News: "Immunity acquired from a Covid infection is as protective as vaccination against severe illness and death, study finds" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/natural-immunity-protective-covid-vaccine-severe-illness-rcna71027 The Lancet: “Past SARS-CoV-2 infection protection against re-infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02465-5/fulltext --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 491 | These COVID Lies Are Killing People https://apple.co/3xz1EyO Ep 518 | Just One Jab to Keep Your Job? Think Again | Guest: Steve Deace https://apple.co/3I7i2vm Ep 566 | The Data Is In: Mask & Vaccine Mandates Don't Work | Guest: Ian Miller https://apple.co/3kaiRLR --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices