Corporation
A traditional corporate entity is a collective joined together by articles of incorporation in pursuit of profit. Although it may be comprised of individual parts such as directors, officers, and shareholders, a corporation is a legal entity in and of itself. This was determined by Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific Railway in the US Supreme court in 1886[2]. In essence, this case was a dispute over a railway route in the US and determined whether the Supreme Court identified a private corporation as a “natural person” under the U.S. Constitution and therefore entitled to protection under the Bill of Rights.
Behaviour
![Corporate ownership](/images/thumb/3/3f/Corporate_ownership.jpg/300px-Corporate_ownership.jpg)
The prime driver of all corporate entities is self-survival. The second, is their fiduciary duty to pursue revenue for the financial gain of employees and shareholders. These paramount, binding principles gives corporations a machine like quality which if it was a natural person[2] would meet the diagnostic criteria for psychopathy[1]. These general traits of corporations are compounded by the fact that people with narcissistic traits tend to get promoted 39% faster in their progression to CEO[3] resulting in at least three times as many psychopaths in executive or CEO roles than in the overall population[4].
Why is that so bad? They get the job done after all!
Psychopathic behaviour is bad, for everyone, as they only amount to 1% of the adult population, but are reported to be responsible for about 50 % of all serious crimes and constitute 20% of (North American) prison populations[5].
![Corporates oligopolies own our media.](/images/thumb/e/e4/Corporate_owners-media.png/300px-Corporate_owners-media.png)
Corporate Take Over
![Car manufacture oligopoly2](/images/thumb/e/e3/Car_manifacture_oligopoly2.png/300px-Car_manifacture_oligopoly2.png)
Many new businesses have started with the idea of changing the status quo,.
This example, alongside the more famous removals "Do No Evil" from Google's manifesto highlights how there is a creeping need in traditional organisations towards corporatism. To resolve this issue any initial Tenets that describe the operations of an organisation need to be in read only format.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. Bakan, Joel, New York: Free Press, 2004. https://thecorporation.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific, U.S. Supreme Court (1886): 118 U.S. 394. Decided: May 9, 1886. Accessed 6th Jan 2022 via https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/118/394/
- ↑ The perks of narcissism: Behaving like a star speeds up career advancement to the CEO position. The Leadership Quarterly: Published June 2021, Accessed 28th September 2022 via https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101489
- ↑ Corporate Psychopathy: Talking the Walk. Paul Babiak, Ph.D.y, Craig S. Neumann, Ph.D.z and Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. Behav. Sci. Law 28: 174–193 (2010). Published online 6 April 2010 in Wiley InterScience DOI: 10.1002/bsl.925. Accessed on 28 September 2022 via https://www.sakkyndig.com/psykologi/artvit/babiak2010.pdf
- ↑ Without conscience: The disturbing word of the psychopaths among us. Hare, R. (1999). New York: Guildford Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/xfIEVtzj52YC?hl=en