German corporate bosses are not allowed to cede Trump

Robert de Niro is not only an excellent actor, but also as a clever political head. The 81-year-old is the better American than Donald TrumpBecause, in contrast to the US President, he thinks about things and did not intentionally switch off reason like a floor lamp. When De Niro was awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes, he said to Trump: « In my country, we struggle with all the might for democracy that we once considered granted. » Art hug diversity. Therefore, art is a threat. De Niro speaks plain text: « That is why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists. » There is no question that he was alluding to the US President. For him, the man is simply a « Philistine », a petty-bourgeoisian person, just a spit citizen.

Trump is working on the USA

Trump is working with full steam on the stabbed the USAa country that was considered a country of longing for freedom and attracted generations to immigrants who increased the prosperity of America. At the moment, the USA is « in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous government », as the musician Bruce Springsteen (« Burn in the USA) will not be tired. Trump shares vigorously, but tolerates no criticism. German group bosses with strong US business try to please such a difficult to use contemporaries like Trump, especially SAP boss Christian Klein. He speaks of a « constructive exchange » with the US president who gives listening and feedback.

The only question is: which feedback does Trump give? First of all, he expects his doctrine to be implemented by company drivers without grumbling. The US President loves people who do what he says. The SAP leader does what the US President longs for. Fortunately, the Handelsblatt came up with the intelligence and has made an internal email public, which shows that the German software giant does not want to pursue the goal of reaching a portrait of 40 percent in the workforce. When calculating bonus payments on board members, the goal is no longer a decisive factor whether certain requirements for gender variety are met.

The equality cannot be turned back

Klein can be involved in Trump. The American likes that, after all, « diversity », that is, diversity, is a Satan of our time for the US president. He himself chases this devil and issues corresponding, legally binding orders in the United States. With this he brings managers like small, whose companies also depend on US state orders, into a predicament: Should they make resistance, duck away or steer? Ducking away is certainly a clever strategy. Trump is on the road at so many fronts that he cannot see all the diversity regulations of German corporations. In this respect, the SAP chief has made a mistake to pretend and thus to draw criticism in Germany. Even if Trump is working on a comeback of old, white men in which women are only a smiling accessory, equality and thus the promotion of women can no longer be turned back. Corporations promote diversity because the world is diverse and uses it economically.

Trump is from the day before yesterday and plunges manager like small into a dilemma: The entrepreneurs refuse to losing orders in the USA what he wants to penetrate. If men like Klein Trump, they lose their attractiveness in more cosmopolitan countries like Germany, especially among applicants. The corporate managers have to choose between Moneten and morality, although morality, i.e. gender diversity, can also record Moneten as a sales argument. What does not work is a policy that makes morality dependent on the political preferences of certain rulers. A flexible morality is unbelievable.

Thanks to Trump: Managers face tricky moral questions

In the end, managers have to decide whether they make their attitude a ethical basis, i.e. promote women, or declare responsibility towards all employees as the highest ethical yardstick. Ultimately, like small, a manager should answer the tricky question of whether he can be responsible for losing sales in the United States because of his attitude (promotion of gender diversity) and thus jeopardizing jobs.

However, alone. If all German managers are together with a large US business and show attitude towards Trump instead of tingling with him, they let the president run into nothing. He and the companies in his country cannot afford to forego German products because there is often no alternative for them. If in doubt, you can afford morality. As the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill recognized: « Posture is a little thing that makes a big difference. » The saying was already printed on undershirts and T-shirts with the British counterfei. You are there for 17.99 euros. However, the implementation of the teaching requires permanent effort.