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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 22 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Rebecca Jenkins. |
| Summary |
Joel Bakan, an eminent law professor and legal theorist, contends that "the corporation" is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality, whose destructive behavior, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin. Mandated to pursue, relentlessly and without exception, their own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others-a concept endorsed by no less a luminary than the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman-the corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal.Despite the structural failings found in the corporation, Bakan believes change is possible and outlines a far-reaching program of concrete, pragmatic, and realistic reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.Backed by extensive research, The Corporation draws on in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as CEO Hank McKinnell of Pfizer, Nobel Prize-winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and critic Noam Chomsky of MIT. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Corporations.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
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Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Corporate culture.
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| Added Author |
Jenkins, Rebecca.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781927401187 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1927401186 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11187598 |
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