"CEOs can no longer resort to an avoidance strategy: "The middle ground is no longer feasible for anybody. Silence means acquiescence, which means complicity.""

"CEOs can no longer resort to an avoidance strategy: "The middle ground is no longer feasible for anybody. Silence means acquiescence, which means complicity."" Oh yes they can, and should. There is no appeasement possible in this. The only way to deal with these cultists is to keep them firmly at arms length and don't play their mind-games. The old quote comes to mind: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"