Starbucks CEO Tells Marriage Equality Haters to Sell Shares in Company

I keep hearing people say - here on HN, on Slashdot, on Reddit, wherever - that a company can't have principles or ethics. I disagree; I think a company does have a sense of ethics, and they become ingrained into the culture through the influence of the founders and leaders, and by the choices you make in terms of recruitment, hiring and retention.

Yes, a public company does have an obligation to do what's right for shareholders (although I've heard mixed stories about the exact legal form of the requirement), but a company can, and should, adhere to it's principles... and anybody who doesn't share those principles is absolutely free to sell their shares and move on.