The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Joel Bakan

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 8647

*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 Author

Joel 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.

« Prev Product | Product Listings | Next Product »
Editorials(3) | Customer Reviews(19)

Editorials

Sample 3 of 3

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

All Editorials(3) | Product Info | Product Listings

Customer Reviews

Sample 3 of 18

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 its humble... read full review

All Customer Reviews(19) | Product Info | Product Listings

Top 10 Best Selling Money-Employment Book Categories

General	Almanacs	Banks & Banking	Bonds
Budgeting	Career Guides	Commodities	Computer Industry
Corporate Finance	Entrepreneurship	Finance & Investing	Foreign Exchange

Futures	Inflation	Interest Rates	Interviewing
Investing	Job Hunting	Mutual Funds	Real Estate
Resumes	Stock Options	Stocks	Vocational Guidance

Volunteering