First, a fifty million dollar dignity restoration fund. Second, an independent oversight board chaired by civil rights leaders. Third, mandatory quarterly bias training. Fourth, whistleblower protection and incentives.
Fifth, public transparency. Crown Atlantic will publish discrimination complaint statistics quarterly. These changes are effective immediately. Not next month. Today.
Within two weeks, the stock rebounded, rose thirty-four percent above its previous high. Two weeks after the incident, Robert Hayes sat in his living room in Atlanta. The house he'd shared with Margaret for forty-three years.