
Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution. Eminent Canadian law professor and legal theorist Joel Bakan contends that today's corporation is a pathological institution, a dangerous possessor of the great power it wields over people and societies. In this revolutionary assessment of the history, character, and glob...
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Free Press (March 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743247469
ASIN: B007F7X77E
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 7003669
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This book is an evaluation of corporation in contemporary society. Bakan provides a critical but convincing analysis of the profound influence of corporations in the world. His criticism of company as selfish, immoral profit-maximizing creature is ac...
f the modern business corporation, Bakan backs his premise with the following observations:The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others.The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal.Governments have freed the corporation, despite its flawed character, from legal constraints through deregulation and granted it ever greater authority over society through privatization.But Bakan believes change is possible and he outlines a far-reaching program of achievable reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.Featuring in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and cultural critic Noam Chomsky, The Corporation is an extraordinary work that will educate and enlighten students, CEOs, whistle-blowers, power brokers, pawns, pundits, and politicians alike.