The article does spend a fair amount of time talking about why this happened, the euphemisms and mindset used by the corporate culture to avoid inspecting what

The article does spend a fair amount of time talking about why this happened, the euphemisms and mindset used by the corporate culture to avoid inspecting what they were really doing. I don't think the cynicism is warranted. In fact, it takes a fair amount of introspection then courage to put your name on an article saying you spent so much time doing something you now find morally repugnant. The easy path is to either (a) not ever recognize you were taking advantage of poor people or (b) sweep it under the rug and go on with your life.