[GPSCC-chat] Dysfunctional Pschyopathic Corporations

[Drew]

>From an article in The Economist:

'Joel Bakan, a legal academic, has produced a book and a film—both called “The Corporation”—which argue that, if companies are people, they are particularly dysfunctional and irresponsible ones. In the film, he even consults a psychiatrist who argues that companies display all the characteristics of a psychopath: callous disregard for others’ feelings, inability to maintain relationships, a willingness to bend any rule and break any law if it advances their interests, and an obsession with amassing power and money.

"...you do not have to be a radical to worry about the might of organisations that can live for ever and take up residence in dozens of countries at once. Nor is it unreasonable to wonder why the idea of corporate personhood should only cut one way: if companies enjoy the same rights as flesh-and-blood humans then shouldn’t they be under the same obligations? ... companies have a moral duty to pursue social rather than merely business ends."

http://www.economist.com/node/18437755

Give Peace a chance - limit Corporate "Personhood"

http://JillStein.org

Drew

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