'We aim to protect humans from direct harm from the use of our technology,” the company’s ethical use policy states.
largest private employer, are urging executives to cease their working relationship with the National Rifle Association after the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead.
titan's co-CEOs, Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor; CFO Amy Weaver; and CMO Sarah Franklin on Wednesday evening, according to a current Salesforce employee . The letter, which SFGATE has viewed, was also posted on the company's internal Slack .“It’s not in our power to get background checks or other gun control measures passed by Congress — but we can effect change by ending our commercial relationship with our customer, the National Rifle Association,” reads the open letter, addressed to Benioff and Taylor.and quotes Benioff himself in a recent interview where he urged “direct action” in light of the shooting.
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