Carnival Corp. CEO Says Empathy Is Vital in Complicated World
Photo Credit: Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corp. (R), speaking with Skift Editor-in-Chief Jason Clampet at Skift Global Forum in New York on Sept. 27, 2016. Skift
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Arnold Donald has done an impressive job turning around Carnival Corp.'s image. Now he has to lead it into the future in an extremely competitive global cruise market.
For Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corp, the tension in the U.S. and world today hits extremely close to home.
In his home community near Ferguson, Missouri, he worries that friction between the local police and his mentally-ill adopted son will one day lead to a regrettable incident, a result of profiling that many black Americans around the country have experienced at various times.
He also has two nephews who work as policemen, leading Donald to carefully consider the challenge of reconciling inappropriate police violence with th
