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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Paperback • 2004 • English

The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

By Joel Bakan

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The most powerful class of institution on earth, the corporation, is by any reasonable measure hopelessly and unavoidably demented. The corporation lies, steals and kills without remorse and without hesitation when it serves the interests of its shareholders to do so. It obeys the law only when the costs of crime exceed the profits. Corporate social responsibility is impossible except insofar as it is insincere. At once a diagnosis and a course of treatment, The Corporation is essential reading ...Show more

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9781845290795

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Format

Paperback

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