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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Does It Mean To Be An “American” Corporation?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/25-0We The People Used To Understand Who Is The Boss
We the People (used to) understand that these companies exist for our common benefit and (used to) expect certain things back from these corporations. We (used to) expect them to provide high-quality products and services and not engage in fraud and trickery. We (used to) expect them to provide a safe and fair work environment with good wages and benefits. We (used to) expect them to be good citizens that benefit the communities where they operate. And our laws and enforcement (used to) make sure they operated that way for our common benefit.
These understandings and expectations have disappeared. An Apple executive articulated the new corporate understanding to The New York Times. He said giant multinationals like Apple dont have an obligation to solve Americas problems. And to prove it, American corporations are holding $1.7 trillion in profits outside the country just sitting there rather than bringing that money home, paying the taxes due and then paying it out to shareholders or using it to create jobs with new factories, research facilities and equipment.
We The People Have Forgotten
Citizens, elected officials and corporate management have forgotten why we have corporations and who they are supposed to serve. We have instead developed a system in which corporations exist for their own sake, doing anything they want to do, and doing these things only to enrich the few who own and manage them.
There is no longer an understanding and expectation that these entities creations entirely of We, the People are supposed to exist for the common good of We, the People. They no longer try to provide high-quality goods and services. They no longer feel they must avoid fraud and trickery and without enforcement of rules are able to gain advantage over others that do not operate this way. They no longer provide a safe and fair work environment with good wages and benefits. They are not good citizens that benefit the communities and country where they operate.
They are no longer under the control of We the People.
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What Does It Mean To Be An “American” Corporation? (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2013
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ellenfl
(8,660 posts)1. well put. eom
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)2. Great flag statement
Wish that flag was available as a decal or sticker.