Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right | Abigail Disney

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What's the purpose of a company? In this bold talk, activist and filmmaker Abigail Disney imagines a world where companies have a moral obligation to place their workers above shareholders, calling on Disney (and all corporations) to offer respect, dignity and a living wage to everyone who works for them.

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh and you're listening to TED Talks Daily.
0:07.3	Today's talk is from Abigail Disney at TED 2020.
0:11.0	She is the granddaughter of Roy Disney, who together with Walt founded the iconic company.
0:16.5	She learned lasting lessons from her grandpa and today is an activist pushing for the company
0:21.3	that bears her name to do better by its employees.
0:25.1	But her talk isn't just about one brand.
0:27.9	It's about a whole profit-driven ecosystem that she says needs serious rethinking.
0:33.7	Come for Abigail's impression of her favorite Disney character, stay for a moving message about the dignity that each worker deserves,
0:41.4	the way companies should be led, and the humanity we all share.
0:48.2	Of all the characters and all the Disney films,
0:51.2	the one I love the most is Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio.
0:56.7	My favorite scene in the movie is when the Blue Fairy is saying to Pinocchio, always let your conscience be your guide.
1:03.2	Pinocchio asks, what are conscience? And Jiminy Cricket is scandalized by the question. What are
1:08.6	conscience? What are conscience? Conscience is that still
1:12.4	small voice that people won't listen to. That's just the trouble with the world today.
1:18.1	I love the way Jiminy Cricket is always there with a nerdy, ethical thing, just as Pinocchio's
1:26.8	coming up with some kind of good plan. I think of him as
1:29.5	speaking truth to puppet. I always wondered what it was about Jimmy Cricket that made me love him so much.
1:35.7	And one day it hit me. It was because he sounds like my grandfather. My grandfather was a very
1:41.9	sweet and cuddly man, and I loved him to the moon and back.
1:46.7	But I shared him with a big, wide world.
1:49.9	His name was Roy O. Disney, and together with his younger brother, Walt Disney,
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