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This structure protects itself from outside influence as its hierarchical structure acts as a funnel selectively promoting the worst human traits. Research has found people with narcissistic traits tend to get promoted 39% faster in their progression to CEO and that there are at least three times as many psychopaths in executive or CEO roles than in the overall population<ref>'''The perks of narcissism: Behaving like a star speeds up career advancement to the CEO position'''. The Leadership Quarterly: Published June 2021, accessed 13th July 2022 via https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101489</ref>. This should be extremely worrying as psychopaths constitute only 1% of the adult population but 20% of (North American) prison populations<ref>'''The core problem of crime in society: Psychopath offenders.''' Socioloski pregled. Radulovic, Danka. (2012). 46. 583-600. DOI: [http://scindeks.ceon.rs/Article.aspx?artid=0085-63201204583R 10.5937/socpreg1204583R]. </ref>. However, unlike psychopaths, a corporation is merely a machine and founding [[heuristics]] can be readily modified. | This structure protects itself from outside influence as its hierarchical structure acts as a funnel selectively promoting the worst human traits. Research has found people with narcissistic traits tend to get promoted 39% faster in their progression to CEO and that there are at least three times as many psychopaths in executive or CEO roles than in the overall population<ref>'''The perks of narcissism: Behaving like a star speeds up career advancement to the CEO position'''. The Leadership Quarterly: Published June 2021, accessed 13th July 2022 via https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101489</ref>. This should be extremely worrying as psychopaths constitute only 1% of the adult population but 20% of (North American) prison populations<ref>'''The core problem of crime in society: Psychopath offenders.''' Socioloski pregled. Radulovic, Danka. (2012). 46. 583-600. DOI: [http://scindeks.ceon.rs/Article.aspx?artid=0085-63201204583R 10.5937/socpreg1204583R]. </ref>. However, unlike psychopaths, a corporation is merely a machine and founding [[heuristics]] can be readily modified. | ||
== '''Part 5:''' Tenet of Incorporation == | |||
ICs are legal documents which detail specific rules, by which a corporation is to operate. If a corporation is analogous to a machine, ICs are the guiding principles of the cogs inside of the system. More recently, subsets of ICs have developed called Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which are used to gain greater control over the moving parts of the system, i.e. its employees. | |||
The primary tenet of any IC is the survival of the business. This leads to two common types of corporations: | |||
# '''Not For Profit''' - those that primarily use revenues for wages such as a [[charity]] like WWF. | |||
# '''For Profit''' - those that use profit for wages and shareholder primacy, such as McDonalds. | |||
What's common to both is that revenue generated is primarily associated with maintaining the survival of the business. So although McDonalds is obviously worse than an NFP as their unaccounted negative [[externalities]] of profit, NFPs are not the best alternative as they are massively [[Efficiency rates of charities|inefficient]] due to the pursuit of revenue for wages. | |||
So, the question is, if the current types of corporation are inefficient and still create unaccounted negative externalities ''would it be possible to create another type of corporation which mitigates this?'' There have been many attempts, from different types of cooperatives to modern [[Decentralized Semi Autonomous Organization|DAO]]<nowiki/>s which try to cut out the weakest parts, humans, completely. The most successful organisation type of have been the [https://www.bcorporation.net/ B Corporations]. B Corporations are ethically certified corporations which abide by specific ICs and SOPs to ensure they are sustainable. Patagonia, the clothing brand for example, emerged using this structure and successfully creates over 60% of its products from recycled materials. However, although the ethical stance of a company like Patagonia is relatively better than a corporation like Nike, both organisations make new clothes which require a heavy petrochemical enabled supply chain. ''So can we do better?'' | |||
== '''Part 6''': The Good Machine == | |||
When the concept of robotics was first invented, Isaac Asimov imagined the creation of autonomous intelligence in the form of androids however a conundrum arose. If a machine is developed which has autonomy and was sufficiently enabled, how can we ensure that it primarily does no harm to humans? Without any protective laws, a machine with the purpose of purely making money will destroy everything in its path via negative externalities to achieve its goal. As such, Asimov developed the ''Four''<ref>'''Isaac Asimov’s Laws of Robotics Are Wrong''' - Peter W. Singer published: May 18, 2009, accessed on 8th July 2022 via: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/isaac-asimovs-laws-of-robotics-are-wrong/</ref> laws of robotics, distinct ethical rules to protect humans from the ruthlessness of machines: | |||
* '''Zeroth Law''' - A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. | |||
*'''First Law''' - A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm | |||
* '''Second Law''' - A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. | |||
* '''Third Law''' - A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. | |||
If a [[corporation]] is a type of [[Machines|machine]], these laws could also serve as the basis of a series of [[tenet|tenets]] which would enable the development of an incorporation statement of a new type of business, a good machine. | |||
== '''Part 7''': Purpose *Under Construction* == | |||
Whilst the [[Transparent incorporation statement|"''transparent"'' incorporation statement]] mainly codifies exclusions, i.e what the business '''cannot''' do, it doesn't say much in regards to what it '''can''' do. In fact, the additional governance requirements, most notably the [[Transparency|transparent]] tenet, actually creates a key disadvantage for the business. The more proprietary market information a business has the greater the businesses advantage is in the marketplace, knowledge is power. By employing a pure transparency tenet, all competitive advantage is lost and in theory the business would not be able to exist. | |||
With the creation of the internet came ecommerce and business was increasing conducted in a hyper liquid market. This meant once an advantage was established it quickly dissipates due to how fast information moves, a very efficient arms race ensues, profits erode until only the lowest common denominator is left. Oddly, a recent trend has developed that once this level is reached, the only thing that can differentiate a new business is offering better ethics. Where a new entrant to a market cannot make it faster, cheaper or more efficient the business no other option but to differentiate itself by other means. | |||
One recent example of this new trend is the online ticketed event space. Eventbrite came to the market with an easy to use system which everyone started using, once the UI was established and refined the cost of development plummeted and a new entrant emerged, Humanitix. The new entrant offers nearly exactly the same website and service, however differentiated on one key attribute, virtue. The company registered as a [[charity]] and donates its profits to helping disadvantaged kids around the world. The company is doubling in size every 6 months and now has offices in Sydney, Auckland and Denver. But is this the future of business on a dying planet? If an ethical arms race ensues is this the best we can do? | |||
One major criticism of any Not For Profits (NFP) is that due to the lack of shareholder primacy, they are often bloated with human resources and thus inefficient. This often relates to a common critique of communism vs capitalism, that the former lacks the profit incentive and nothing gets done conversely with the latter the opposite occurs the desire of profit is so great it causes internal costs to be externalised.<hr/> | |||
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