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America’s Biggest Companies are Flourishing During the Pandemic and Putting Thousands of People out of Work

Kirk Hanson, senior fellow and former executive director at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics quoted in The Washington Post.

Kirk Hanson, an author and longtime professor of business ethics, says it’s incumbent upon America’s top corporations to help pull the country through the worst recession in decades, particularly given the outsized profits they’re enjoying.

“There is an obligation on the part of the largest and most successful businesses to help buffer the human impact of the crisis,” said Hanson, now a senior fellow at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

Kirk Hanson, senior fellow and former executive director at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics quoted in The Washington Post.

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