How to Manage Political Disagreements at Work

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Companies have been trying to ban free speech, essentially about politics. This is a very dangerous path to tread for companies says edgecliffe johnson. What most experts seem he saying now is you have to manage these divisions and create a company culture where different opinions are respected.

SoftBank has raised as much as $22bn in cash from deals that would sharply reduce its stake in Alibaba over the coming years, Iran and western powers resume talks this week over the floundering 2015 nuclear accords, and as political polarisation reaches into the workplace companies must manage conflicts among employees while striving for sensitivity and diversity.

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