PR pros appalled by anti-LGBTI laws, but should brands join Brunei boycott?

Brunei-owned brands face a reputational crisis, but PR pros are divided about whether other brands should join a celebrity-led boycott against barbaric new laws that punish Brunei's LGBTI+ community with death.

by Arvind Hickman and Stephen Delahunty
LGBT+ activists protest against the Sultan of Brunei's in front of The Dorchester on Saturday (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images
LGBT+ activists protest against the Sultan of Brunei's in front of The Dorchester on Saturday (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images

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