Aaron Feuerstein Quotes
Aaron Feuerstein (born December 11, 1925) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and was the third-generation owner and CEO of Malden Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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I have a responsibility to the worker, both blue-collar and white-collar. I have an equal responsibility to the community. It would have been unconscionable to put 3,000 people on the streets and deliver a deathblow to the cities of Lawrence and Methuen. Maybe on paper our company is worthless to Wall Street, but I can tell you it's worth more.
Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it.