Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit Of Pr... — The

The law requires corporate directors to act in the best interest of the corporation, which is almost always defined as maximizing short-term wealth for shareholders. This makes genuine "corporate social responsibility" technically illegal if it doesn't serve the bottom line.

The central argument of both the book and film is that the modern corporation is a . Bakan, a law professor, argues that because corporations are legally mandated to prioritize shareholder profit above all else, they mirror the clinical traits of a psychopath : The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Pr...

An inability to experience remorse for harmful social or environmental consequences. The law requires corporate directors to act in