“Corporations are artificial creations, you might say they are monsters trying to devour as much profits as possible at anyone`s expense”.
(Achbar, M; Abbott, J; Bakan, J.(Producer/Director). (2003). The corporation (Achbar 2003). [Documentary]. Canada: Big Picture Media Corporation.)
The economy is the engine of the world. Many aspects of a person’s life are determined by money. We need money to have a place to live in, to buy food, to pay for education, to buy cloths, to have access to technology, to go to the doctor if you are sick, and even to rest and have fun. Money is necessary to fulfill the basic needs of all human beings but, at what cost are we willing to make money? How much money is enough? What things are more important?
Big corporations are the entities that make more money in the world. They use all kinds of tactics (many times unethical) to make more and more money looking for cheaper ways of producing and selling more.
Economic power can be translated in political and social power. Corporations are in many cases more powerful than governments. This unmeasured power and capacity to influence others allows them to do many things that thinking objectively, are against human beings and nature.
Corporations are entitled the same legal rights as humans as they want to take advantage of the benefits it gives to them, but at the time of getting the same responsibilities and duties they are different from humans. If a person hurts someone he or she is condemned and punished by the law depending on the seriousness of the action and of the harme caused. We see how companies cause illnesses that lead to death and other serious problems on people and nature and they are not punished with the rigorousness they should.
Responsibility of corporations is huge because they have huge power. They have power to induce people to buy a product trusting in the quality and integrity f the good or service they provide. In many cases they take advantage of their powerful position and of their credibility and they step on everybody to reach their main purpose: make money. They don’t care if they are hurting humans, animals, or the environment while they increase their profits. They don’t stop to think in persons, in their health, in fairness, in justice, in long-term well being of the environment, in future generations, they want money, and they want it now, no matter what.
Since they are powerful and able to affect billions of people, corporations should be punished harder than individuals. The damage they can cause is huge and the consequences of their decisions can affect a lot of living beings, but many times it is cheaper for them to ignore this. Humans shouldn’t pay for the irresponsibility of corporations and in order to avoid this, the persons in charged of making decisions and saying if something will or not be made are the ones who should be judged by the law when corporations incur in practices that can result to be harmful for somebody else.
Big corporations are the entities that make more money in the world. They use all kinds of tactics (many times unethical) to make more and more money looking for cheaper ways of producing and selling more.
Economic power can be translated in political and social power. Corporations are in many cases more powerful than governments. This unmeasured power and capacity to influence others allows them to do many things that thinking objectively, are against human beings and nature.
Corporations are entitled the same legal rights as humans as they want to take advantage of the benefits it gives to them, but at the time of getting the same responsibilities and duties they are different from humans. If a person hurts someone he or she is condemned and punished by the law depending on the seriousness of the action and of the harme caused. We see how companies cause illnesses that lead to death and other serious problems on people and nature and they are not punished with the rigorousness they should.
Responsibility of corporations is huge because they have huge power. They have power to induce people to buy a product trusting in the quality and integrity f the good or service they provide. In many cases they take advantage of their powerful position and of their credibility and they step on everybody to reach their main purpose: make money. They don’t care if they are hurting humans, animals, or the environment while they increase their profits. They don’t stop to think in persons, in their health, in fairness, in justice, in long-term well being of the environment, in future generations, they want money, and they want it now, no matter what.
Since they are powerful and able to affect billions of people, corporations should be punished harder than individuals. The damage they can cause is huge and the consequences of their decisions can affect a lot of living beings, but many times it is cheaper for them to ignore this. Humans shouldn’t pay for the irresponsibility of corporations and in order to avoid this, the persons in charged of making decisions and saying if something will or not be made are the ones who should be judged by the law when corporations incur in practices that can result to be harmful for somebody else.
Not only should damage to humans and nature in terms of illnesses be punished but also abuse. Workers are the ones generating value for the corporations, without them producing would be impossible and they should be rewarded with dignity for their work. Policies where higher percentages of the sells price of products should be paid to them, it would be fair and it won’t damage this gigantic companies.
