# Professor Scott Galloway is interviewed about the importance of gender equality for companies

1 Faculty News June 9, 2017 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/4438cbda-4ab8-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43) -- "According to [Scott Galloway](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/scott-galloway), marketing professor at New York University, in the Trump era 'being perceived as a female-friendly firm is just smart'. There is currency for companies in being, or at least appearing, socially conscious, he says, arguing that this has shielded the 'big four' technology groups — Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — from scrutiny in Washington."

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