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  • Now on PBS Corporate Compassion
  • TV Episode | 24 min | Documentary, News

Now on PBS

Corporate Compassion
TV Episode | 24 min | Documentary, News

Corporations don't have the best reputation when it comes to compassion. More often than not, the bottom line leaves no room for benevolence. But some big businesses are taking a new approach. This week, NOW interviews Jonathan Schwartz, ...See moreCorporations don't have the best reputation when it comes to compassion. More often than not, the bottom line leaves no room for benevolence. But some big businesses are taking a new approach. This week, NOW interviews Jonathan Schwartz, the charismatic CEO and president of Sun Microsystems, and billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, about their efforts to invest and grow programs that help make the world a better place. Khosla describes a radical proposal to move all U.S. automobile fuel consumption from gasoline to ethanol. As Khosla tells NOW, "We have a serious energy crisis. We have a serious climate crisis. We have a serious terrorism crisis. All three are related to one issue: oil consumption. See less
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Writer
David Brancaccio (writer)
Producers
Brenda Breslauer (producer) | Peter Meryash (producer) | Bryan Myers (producer)
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Updated Dec 8, 2006

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Dec 8, 2006 (United States)
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