# Center for Business and Human Rights deputy director Paul Barrett discusses how some tech workers have taken a stand against their companies' leadership

1 School News September 6, 2018 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/leaks-petitions-tweets-how-tech-workers-are-starting-revolt-n906281) -- "'To a much greater degree than outside Silicon Valley, the employees of these companies have a sense of purpose and idealism,' said Paul Barrett, deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University."

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