Forum Post: Who is to blame?
Posted 12 years ago on Feb. 4, 2012, 9:10 p.m. EST by takeitback74
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My husband and i had a talk the other night about multinational corporations being evil(after watching food,inc) I believe that there are PEOPLE behind these corps consciencely making decisions that they know will hurt other people. A corporation is not a person, people make up a corporation. And therefore people are ultimately responsible for the practices of that corporation. My husband argued that a corporation is simply doing what it was created to do, which is to make money. I just dont buy the argument that people are absolved from guilt because the corporation made em do it. Am i naive, undereducated, stupid?
I have worked for Corporations and they do not care about the individuals, their workers, managers, not even the CEO's as a whole. Each board member has their own mind set on being rich through the corporation. Now if this is not accomplished they will turn on one another, like wolves..I have seen it take place. This is why the Corporation exists as an "individual" so that no one person can be held accountable for its particular problems or wrong doings. But of course, that too is a facade that is slowly eroding because it is unrealistic!!
you are absolutely correct. your husband is spouting propaganda he has lived with his whole life and never questioned. its kinda like.. a soldier killing his cousin because the general said so.. does that absolve him from making the decision to obey?
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Apparently, the laws that exist now conveniently forces the person working for a corporation to act in the corporations best interest. This justifies their implementing anything that legally can be done to create advantages for themselves. This culture needs to change.
Certainly the direct decision makers in a corporation are responsible for the harm they cause. I will go easier on shareholders. Some may have no idea about the harm a company is doing if all the information they get is company propaganda. Others may know and don't care, or may purposely stay ignorant.
I like to check on how a company treats it's workers and the environment so I don't own part of something sleazy.
No you are not.A corporation is just a tool.The problem is that it is predominatley being used as an instrument of greed.
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No, you are most definitely not alone in thinking that. I believe "most people" agree that: A corporation should not be given lawful status as "A person".
Since "the law" does give a corporation "personhood" status, it allows the full liability of the actions of a corporation to ultimately be placed upon the head of an imaginary entity.
Therefore, the actual people behind the corporation are not accountable for actions of the company. UNLESS, on an individual level, there is real evidence of a crime.
What this means is that a CEO, for example, could be proven guilty of a crime. The beauty of this, for the criminals behind that CEO is: Just pay a person to be your CEO, they (the CEO) might even know "a charge" is going to be "hung around their neck", but they do so with the knowledge of "huge payoff" for themselves and their family. The others, who masterminded the actions in the first place can then remain "hidden in the shadows".