Belief in providing for employees
Iverson describes his belief in corporate responsibility. He thinks a corporation's greatest responsibility is to its employees, and it can fulfill that responsibility with fair treatment and advancement opportunities.
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Iverson, June 11, 1999. Interview I-0083. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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JM: One last question. How about the issue of what you could call “corporate civic responsibility?” What's the proper role of a profit making enterprise in a system like ours? How wide are your obligations?
KI: I guess I may be a little bit old fashioned. I'm a great believer in charity begins at home. The most important thing is to take care of your employees and make sure they have a good place to work and a fair place to work and opportunities to advance. We were, I think, the first in the United States that we provide a scholarship. I guess it's up to $2,200 a year for four years of college for every child of every employee without restriction. That's been a hallmark of the company. We have lots of employees who have taken advantage of that and then come back and worked for the company.
