{"id":14425,"date":"2017-08-14T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=14425"},"modified":"2017-09-26T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:51:12","slug":"ken-frazier-steps-trump-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/business\/management-leadership\/ken-frazier-steps-trump-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Frazier steps down from the Trump Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Kenneth C. Frazier resigns\u00a0in a matter of personal conscience.<\/strong><\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Merck CEO, Ken Frazier, resigned Monday morning from President Donald Trump\u00b4s American Manufacturing Council.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14426\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14426\" class=\"wp-image-14426 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Kenneth C. Frazier steps down from the Trump Advisory Council.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-500x333.jpg 500w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-580x387.jpg 580w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-700x467.jpg 700w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-860x573.jpg 860w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-1160x773.jpg 1160w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump (left) and Ken Frazier, Image: Alex Brandon\/AP |\u00a0People<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Merck and himself made a statement on Twitter stating that \u201cpersonal conscience\u201d has driven him to take the move after feeling \u201ca responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier\u00b4s reaction comes after the violence that the state of Virginia witnessed this past weekend after a protest of hundreds of nationalists and neo-nazis.<\/p>\n<p>The events turned deadly on Saturday when a car ran into a large group of counter-protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the complaint, Frazier said: \u201cAmerica\u00b4s leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that people are created equal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6><strong>OTHERS LIKE FRAZIER<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Kenneth Frazier is not the only CEO to quit the Trump Administration, as Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and Rober Iger, Chief Executive Officer for Disney, stepped apart from their advisory roles after the U.S. withdrew from the Paris climate accord.<\/p>\n<p>The Merck CEO was named to an advisory council to Donald Trump\u00b4s administration on January with the objective to bust jobs in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/business\/industry\/numbers-dont-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manufacturing industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ken\u00a0was a member of the American Manufacturing Council and the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, which is led by Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1PNQZism5\">pic.twitter.com\/a1PNQZism5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Merck (@Merck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Merck\/status\/897065338566791169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth C. 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