# Professor Susan Stehlik explains why she believes corporations should view their front-line employees as members of an extended family, noting that leaders would feel more inclined to take action to protect their employees without bottom-line concerns

1 Faculty News April 10, 2020 ![From Day One logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/From-Day-One-logo.jpg?itok=QSLlFxuj)>

Excerpt from [From Day One](https://www.fromdayone.co/2020/04/10/protect-us-what-front-line-workers-need-from-employers/) -- "The conflict has become a moral dilemma for many high-profile U.S. corporations–and their decisions may be long remembered. 'It’s not enough to just get up and tell your employees, ‘Thank you, let’s dig in deeper,’ or ‘Here’s more money,' [Susan Stehlik](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/susan-stehlik), director of the Management Communication Program at the NYU Stern School of Business, told From Day One."

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