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This is because it decides whether or not to hire and fire people, where to invest its resources and how to use the income that it receives in a manner that will reduce its taxes in order to influence institutions such as non-profit organisations, governments as well as schools(2010:8). Domhoff begins his argument by raising two questions: 1) “whether large corporations are united enough to exert a common social power” and; 2) whether those very corporations “are still controlled by members of the upper-class”(2012)

The story of Beowulf involves a man who accomplishes many unbelievable feats. These feats help to save the Danes from evil beasts. The idea of good and evil opposing one another has been a topic for discussion since man’s existence. This idea is seen all around us in movies (Superheroes vs Villains), the world (ISIS), and religion (God is good, Satan is evil). The story of Beowulf is has the theme of good versus evil imbedded into it also. Beowulf is an Old English epic that has many conflicts between its characters, these conflicts between the characters give the theme of good versus evil in the epic. The conflicts are more than just man versus self or man verves man. The conflicts are man versus evil, as Beowulf is a man who is defending humanity from the beasts of hell. Beowulf along with the rest of humanity is seen as the “good”, whereas the monsters are seen as the “evil”. Beowulf unlike other famous warriors did not fight for his country against others like Achilles, he instead fought against hellish monsters for the sake of man. There are symbols in the epic that represent good, Beowulf himself is a symbol for good. There are outside sources that influence the conflict as well, The Bible’s story of Cain influences the readers to determine his spawns to be evil, as he was. Throughout the novel one theme is extremely clear the theme of good versus evil, it is seen

Throughout history, major corporations have taken control over nations. During the late 1800s and early 1900s big business have made a name for themselves in the united states. Even though, major corporations have had a positive impact on society, they in fact hurt our economy greatly.

The problem with the personification of the corporation was the kind of person it would become. The "best interest of the corporation" concept which is now enshrined in most countries' corporate law pushes the mantra that executives' only goal is to maximize shareholders' profits. This has given the corporation a self-interested, uncompassionate personality that promotes its limitless pursuit of profit and power.

With this being said, why do so many companies choose to partner with these organizations? Many people think that companies are only using sweatshops to decrease their labor cost. Even though this is exactly true, after researching, there are positive benefits to a sweatshop. According to Times Magazine, “sweatshops are only a symptom of poverty, not a cause, and banning them closes off one route out of poverty” (Kristof). Thus, one reason companies choose to work with sweatshops is that they help lift people out of poverty. In addition, after reading Kristof’s article in the Times Magazine, Where Sweatshops Are a Dream, one mother actually hoped her son would be able

Corporations were bloated, oversized, owned too much, employed too many people, and were weighed down with too many things

Since corporations are not physical things or people, it is very easy for them to avoid any kind of trouble. Corporations have become great at passing on their externalities to the public. An externality is an expense of any kind, whether it is something such as environmental damage or forcing people in an area to pay money for something, that a corporation forces the public to pay for while they privatize all profits. Corporations being externalizing machines fit in very well with their psychopathic behavior. They externalize any cost to the public because they can and it helps them achieve their goal of making as much money as possible. A quote from Robert Monks puts it very well, he says “The corporation is an externalizing machine

Internationally recognized companies such as Nike make use of sweatshops and aid in the exploitation of labor workers in many parts of the world. A sweatshop is an industrialized provision that is known to have poor working conditions, infringement of labor law, and long hours coupled with low wages. In today’s world, sweatshops are prevalent all across the globe; however they raise the most concern in developing nations. Nike is one of the world’s most renowned sportswear companies, but has been involved in several controversies in relation to the possibility of them making profit out of sweatshop labor. In the late 1900’s most Nike products were manufactured in countries like South Korea and Taiwan, however, this changed when the labor

Corporate transgressions continue to occur in the United States every day and are a form of violence. Take for example the case of UrbanCore Development, LLC. Recently the real estate development firm has been in the news mostly for the local protests the company has sparked by signing a deal to purchase public lands from the city of Oakland. Their website, www.urbancorellc.com states, “UrbanCore emphasizes partnerships between the public, private, and community sectors, and is known for successfully bring these groups together to complete projects. The result of these public-private relationships is that UrbanCore is able to enhance the feasibility of the private investment in its transactions by leveraging the public investment contributions in each project.” I find this interesting considering the company is coming under fire for lying about the future availability of low income housing in it’s proposed development off of 12th Street near Lake Merritt. The deal that they have created would oust elderly Asian people from their homes with nowhere to go and no plans for relocating the elders. The company has also come under fire for lying about contributions it made to Mayor Libby Schaff’s campaign. Records have surfaced that may prove that the campaign contributions that UrbanCore made were

Corporations now dominate puppet governments from behind the scenes and restrict the flow of wealth while siphoning away resources from poorer countries.

Corporations were given the right to influence government in their own interests, the same as were extended to individual citizens. Those corporations grew in number just like mushrooms

Take a look at any timeless movie like the Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Marvel superhero series. In each of these movies, a villain dressed in long black robes, with a corruptive smirk and mind uses their malicious powers to battle relentlessly with the force of the hero, the strongest and at times, the most kind-hearted character in the film. In these films, Luke fights Vader, Harry battles Voldemort, and Spider-Man combats against his villains. In the end, the hero is praised for bringing peace by restoring their community from the depths of darkness. Even in these classic movies, the archetype of light vs. dark is incorporated through it’s heroic and villainous characters. Similarly, Ray Bradbury incorporates this archetype into his

Time and time again, there are stories of dishonest companies who take advantage of the fact that they have money, try to create more wealth and subsequently forget their workers well being. Although they have more then enough money, greed takes over and good morals are overlooked. Nike, a popular sports brand, makes billions of dollars a year selling various products. To manufacture them, Nike has created many sweatshops throughout the world. Although they can definitely afford to pay their workers fairly, it has been found that these workers,

The 2003 Canadian film documentary, The Corporation, is about the modern-day corporation. It critiques that it is considered to be a person, but since it has so many disregards to the human well-being and only cares about making as much money as possible, if it were an actual person it would be considered a psychopath.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is something that affects all companies and should be an active factor in the company’s decision making. It is something all corporations need to care about. CSR is when business’ or corporations take part in an initiative or campaign for a cause that will benefit society and/or in some way make the world a better place (Taylor, 2015). Initially, Corporate Social Responsibility started to take shape around the 1950’s, but some say that it dates all the way back to the 1800s, the idea of CSR was seen (Carroll, 2007). One may think that because it is dated so long ago, it doesn’t have an important impact today nevertheless, it is proven that Corporate Social Responsibility is a pathway for entities to self benefit as they are in the process of benefitting society.