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When business partners disagree about employee reparations and legal liability

My business partner and I are split on whether our company should pay reparations to Black employees for documented pay disparities from previous years, and we can't agree on whether acknowledging harm means we're legally admitting wrongdoing. The lawyers are giving us different advice and we're stuck between what feels morally right and what feels financially survivable.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people must reconcile competing frameworks of justice, risk, and responsibility when past harm demands present action.

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“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical case?”

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