Excutive Director Quits

11/15
An article in the NY Times talks about an Artistic Director of a musical theater in California who chose to support Prop 8 and was forced to resign because of his personal choice. This reveals another side to what we learned in chapter 5 about management’s social and ethical responsibilities. He used defensive social responsibility and quit. I understand that the world of musical theater has a large group of homosexuals, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I’m sure they feel betrayed, but I am sure he has his reasons. I do think it was stupid to do, especially if the information would be made public, but why resign, why not stand up for what you “believe” in? Where were the ethics in outing him and pressuring him? Who knows? But this is the United States of America and freedom of choice is what we are about.

This is reason why he should not have resigned and the reason why he should not have been pressured to resign. I don’t know; I am on the fence. I don’t know how I would feel if I worked at that theater. Gay or straight, I wouldn’t think it is right for him to step-down because of his personal choice. That’s like quitting because your coworkers don’t like the fact that you or your partner had an abortion.