Chapter 14
The final phase of the Thorne Group’s corporate restructuring concluded with a landmark symposium on ethics in global commerce, held at the newly dedicated Thorne Foundation Center downtown. Executives, transportation leaders, labor representatives, and customer service professionals from around the world gathered in the sunlit auditorium to review the unprecedented policy changes implemented over the past year. The air in the hall was electric with anticipation. For decades, corporate conferences had focused exclusively on profit margins, expansion metrics, and shareholder value, treating human labor as a disposable commodity. This symposium was different. The central theme of the entire event was rooted in a radical, yet profoundly simple premise: that economic success is fundamentally meaningless if it is built on the degradation of human dignity.
Elias Thorne stood at the center of the stage, dressed in a sharp dark suit without a single stain or blemish, his dark eyes surveying the packed auditorium with absolute calm. When he stepped up to the podium, the applause was immediate, su
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