Purpose of "The Corporation"

• Purpose of the film is the paradox
• Paradox: Corporations create great wealth but often hidden harms.
• Main agenda of corporations = bottom line & shareholders
• Purpose of corporation is to make money, regardless of all else
• History: 14th amendment, past meaning, application of steam pump
• Externality
• Collective v. private; feudal v. corporate
• Ethics of 'nagging'
• Definition of branding
• Imperialistic nature of advertising
• Undercover marketing
• Extremes & ethics of ownership (Biopiracy)
  
• Who owns who? Government v. Global Corporation --> Global Aristocracy
• (The 1st) Industrial Revolution = Mistake; unsustainable
• By nature, Corporations can't be socially responsible
  

3 controls on corporations:

• Ability to decline purchase
• Affect the political process
• Protest
  

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