Governments can can send inspectors to companies. Governments can put legal requirements in place to disclose information that consumers and workers and other interested people need. Non-governmental organizations don't have that legal power and to me, that's what imposes substantial limitiations on how far we can go with trying to keep corporations accountable though non-governmental measures.
These are the elements of an emerging order that may prove to be as dangerous as any fundamentalism that history has produced. For in a world where a… - Joel Bakan
These are the elements of an emerging order that may prove to be as dangerous as any fundamentalism that history has produced. For in a world where a…
- Joel Bakan
The corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit. - Joel Bakan
The corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit.
The whole difficulty I think that that we're facing now is the question of who is going to ensure that corporations are accountable. The problem with… - Joel Bakan
The whole difficulty I think that that we're facing now is the question of who is going to ensure that corporations are accountable. The problem with…
Goodwin has done the seemingly impossible-he has made economics comprehensible and funny. - Joel Bakan
Goodwin has done the seemingly impossible-he has made economics comprehensible and funny.
The notion that business and government are and should be partners is ubiquitous, unremarkable, and repeated like a mantra by leaders in both domains… - Joel Bakan
The notion that business and government are and should be partners is ubiquitous, unremarkable, and repeated like a mantra by leaders in both domains…
The corporation is not an independent "person" with its own rights, needs, and desires that regulators must respect. It is a state created tool for a… - Joel Bakan
The corporation is not an independent "person" with its own rights, needs, and desires that regulators must respect. It is a state created tool for a…
Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained … - Joel Bakan
Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained …
By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments. - Joel Bakan
By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments.
The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good. - Joel Bakan
The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good.
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