“It’s a critical time for our country.” Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky says the business community needs to be “speaking out, speaking up.”
." "I think there's no way you can just move through a checklist without I think demonstrating empathy and an understanding of some of the deep-seated nature and experiences the [black] community has had and is currently experiencing."over the next three years "to fighting racism and injustice in America" as people across the United States and other parts of the world protest against police killings of blacks.
"As the CEO of the world's largest health-care company, I must state unequivocally that racism in any form is unacceptable, and that black lives matter," he said in a LinkedIn post. "And as a white man, I also need to acknowledge the limits of my own life experience and listen to those who have faced systemic injustice since the day they were born."
He said Wednesday that J&J wants employees to feel they have "a safe space" and freedom to have discussions on racial inequality.infected more than 1.83 millionThe company expects human testing to begin by September and said it could be available for emergency use authorization in early 2021. Gorsky also said the company "wants to go out and find out why" the virus disproportionately impacts on black communities.
"What's the underlying nature? What can we do better to make sure your ZIP code isn't contributing more to your life expectancy, frankly, to other health-care factors?" he said.
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