THE CORPORATION [5/23] Case Histories

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5. Case histories can be used to diagnose the kind of personality that makes the corporation
an externality-creating machine. Externalities such as harm to employees through the use
of sweatshops: the exploitation of Third World countries' employees resulting in a huge
discrepancy of price versus cost. Other externalities such as pollution and adverse health
effects emerge. These include the genesis of the petrochemical industry and links to
cancer, birth defects and other toxic effects. Another externality is harm to the biosphere
or the environmental costs resulting from the way corporations operate, costs that will be
passed off to future generations. Have we created a doom machine?

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Video Comments:
lovelysprinkles (November 19, 2008 at 12:05 am)
oh my god. i'm afraid of milk now. what to do?!
anfwf2 (November 10, 2008 at 9:19 pm)
Thank you that you downloaded this I needed for homework, THANKS1!!!
ondude122 (November 5, 2008 at 2:33 pm)
I will buy the dvd for sure..... those poor cows
ExtremeSportster101 (November 1, 2008 at 8:42 pm)
Mr.Machbar congratulations!!!!
I will certainly contribute to your site as most YouTubers should do!!!
Your book is translated into the Greek language also!!
Do you have any research papers that prove the hurm that corporation have caused to Greece?

Best regards sir..may u be blessed
machbar (November 1, 2008 at 8:49 pm)
Thank you. The book is Joel Bakan's; I contributed to it by conducting many of the interviews. I don't have any research papers specific to Greece but I'd expect they're not too hard to find.
SAINThoodSEEKER (October 18, 2008 at 10:22 am)
I understand the filth and shady practices that go hand-in-hand in the corporate world. However, these practices come from people, not the system per se. Capitalism isn't intrinsically wrong, greedy acts are. I actually believe "less is more" when it comes to extra legislation. As scary as industrial power can be by itself, our society won't be better off if we add incompetent and unaffective government into the recipe.
machbar (October 29, 2008 at 1:20 pm)
The point the film tries to make is that the design of the publicly-traded corporation compels people who work for it to act greedily. Look no further than today's headlines for evidence.
ExtremeSportster101 (November 1, 2008 at 8:43 pm)
Mr.Machbar congratulations!!!!
I will certainly contribute to your site as most YouTubers should do!!!
Your book is translated into the Greek language also!!
Do you have any research papers that prove the hurm that corporation have caused to Greece?

Best regards sir..may u be blessed
LuqmanNaq (November 2, 2008 at 8:31 am)
I agree with MArk Ackbar... the deep materialist culture in the business world make people look at things in terms of profit and loss, humanitarian values are second place. Listen to Mark Berry's reply to if he feels guilt. I witnessed deceitful practices solely for profit and to 'make target' by many bosses in my work life. I've even made a manager cry one time when I called her out on it.
SAINThoodSEEKER (October 18, 2008 at 10:22 am)
My uncle died 2 years ago from various health issues that all stemmed back from agent orange exposure in Vietnam.