CORPORATIONS: THE SOCIALIZATION OF COST AND CAPITALIZATION OF GAIN

Moving from an understanding of organizations and institutions as nothing but mental constructs has led to the exploration of the nature of the various forms they have taken, particularly the for-profit corporations. They have become so ubiquitous, so much a part of us from the moment of birth, that we accept them with as little thought as the air ... See more

The roles of giant, transnational corporations and government have slowly reversed. Government is now more an instrument of such corporations, than the corporations are instruments of government. They are no longer, not even indirectly, an instrument of the populace they affect. In effect, they are free from civic duty.

If the purpose of each corporation is not primarily the health and well being of the earth and all life thereon, if its principles are not based on equitable distribution of power and wealth, if it avoids responsibility for the sustenance of family, community and place, if it has no belief system, or one devoid of ethical and moral content, it is d... See more