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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
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*Starred Review* Bakan, an internationally recognized legal scholar and
professor of law at the University of British Columbia, takes a powerful
stab at the most influential institution of our time, the corporation.
As
a legal entity, a corporation has as its edict one and only one goal, to
create profits for its shareholders, without legal or moral obligation to
the welfare of workers, the environment, or the well-being of society as a
whole.
Corporations have successfully hijacked governments, promoting
free-market solutions to virtually all of the concerns of human endeavor.
Competition and self-interest dominate, and other aspects of human nature,
such as creativity, empathy, and the ability to live in harmony with the
earth, are suppressed and even ridiculed.
Bakan believes that, like
Communism, this ideological order cannot last and that corporate rule must
be challenged to bring balance and revive the values of democracy, social
justice, equality, and compassion.
This eye-opening look at a system
"programmed to exploit others for profit" has been made into a provocative
film documentary that could be the next Bowling for Columbine.
David Siegfried Copyright © American Library
Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
About the AuthorJoel Bakan is professor of law at the University of British
Columbia. A Rhodes Scholar and former law clerk to Chief Justice Brian
Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada, he holds law degrees from Oxford,
Harvard, and Dalhousie Universities.
An internationally renowned legal
authority, Bakan has written widely on law and its social and economic
impact.
He is the co-creator and writer of a documentary film and
television miniseries called The Corporation, which is based on the
book.--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Editorials
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
![]() | | | From Booklist | | *Starred Review* Bakan, an internationally recognized legal scholar and
professor of law at the University of British Columbia, takes a powerful
stab at the most influential institution of our time, the corporation. As... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Review | | Ray C. Anderson chairman and CEO of Interface, Inc. Since Rachel Carson's
Silent Spring began to expose the abuses of the modern industrial
system, there has been a growing awareness that profit at the expense of
Earth --... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Book Description | | As incisive as Eric Schlosser's bestselling Fast Food Nation,
as rigorous as Joseph E. Stiglitz's Globalization and Its
Discontents, and as scathing as Michael Moore's Stupid White
Men, Joel Bakan's new book is... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Joel Bakan
![]() | | | Striking thesis convincingly presented | | (SoCal) July 23, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | The modern corporation, according to law professor Joel Bakan, is
"singularly self-interested and unable to feel genuine concern for
others in any context." (p. 56) From this Bakan concludes that the
corporation... read full review |
![]() | | | The Corporation is a Sociopath | | (Waco, Texas) October 6, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | As a small business owner, I am attuned to the impositions of
governmental intrusions. I decided to read this book in order to get a
more balanced view. Although this author definitely has a bias, he does
not come across... read full review |
![]() | | | The Omnipotent Corporation | | (Toronto, Ontario) May 5, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | The Corporation - The Pathological Pursuit of Power and Profit, has public
relation firms scrambling to re-engineer their "good will" strategies.
Joel Balkin takes you on a timeline tour of the corporation from
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