Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility

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43: Black Inc.
1:38:23 - 1:40:48

43: Black Inc.

Tim Cook, Great Leap Forward, and Corporate Absolution

Apple CEO Tim Cook is criticized for using the phrase "great leap" in a memo regarding racial progress, echoing Mao's "Great Leap Forward." The hosts argue that corporations are paying millions into racial justice funds to obtain a "Black Ink pass" and avoid being canceled. They joke about creating a "Black Ink" punch card for donors to track their social transgressions.