The Corporation Film Analysis
The Corporation Film Analysis
The Corporation was based on a book written by Joel Bakan. It is a documentary film that looks at the history of corporation and follows them up until present day to illustrate their dominance in society. I found this film very interesting with me once being part of the corporate world and finding my way onto another career path for many of the reasons illustrated in this film. This film had an underlying statement of corporations’ number one concern was profit and the producing more and more per every man hour. It started off in history stating that business was once strictly regulated. Corporations were chartered for specific jobs. These contracts would list the people that were going to do the work, how the work was going to be completed and with what money. These corporations could also only have one job at a time. They could not monopolize and have a large work force that had jobs all over. These corporations were to serve the public and were trusted. However, with the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution there was growth of corporations. Corporate lawyers did not want these restrictions on the corporations any longer. They wanted the restrictions removed so the corporations would have more power. They found a loophole to use in order to do so. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was intended for blacks that were newly freed slaves. The amendment was to ensure them that they were going to be treated equally and have due process of law. It was to make sure the Civil Rights Act stayed in effect. The corporation stated they were made of people therefore should be treated as a person. They took it to court that they as a corporation were also protected and gained rights under this amendment. From 1890-1910 there were 307 cases brought to court on the issue of the 14th Amendment and of them 288 were for corporations and only 19 were for blacks. It was frustrating that it took 600,000 people to be killed to get rights
The Corporation was based on a book written by Joel Bakan. It is a documentary film that looks at the history of corporation and follows them up until present day to illustrate their dominance in society. I found this film very interesting with me once being part of the corporate world and finding my way onto another career path for many of the reasons illustrated in this film. This film had an underlying statement of corporations’ number one concern was profit and the producing more and more per every man hour. It started off in history stating that business was once strictly regulated. Corporations were chartered for specific jobs. These contracts would list the people that were going to do the work, how the work was going to be completed and with what money. These corporations could also only have one job at a time. They could not monopolize and have a large work force that had jobs all over. These corporations were to serve the public and were trusted. However, with the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution there was growth of corporations. Corporate lawyers did not want these restrictions on the corporations any longer. They wanted the restrictions removed so the corporations would have more power. They found a loophole to use in order to do so. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was intended for blacks that were newly freed slaves. The amendment was to ensure them that they were going to be treated equally and have due process of law. It was to make sure the Civil Rights Act stayed in effect. The corporation stated they were made of people therefore should be treated as a person. They took it to court that they as a corporation were also protected and gained rights under this amendment. From 1890-1910 there were 307 cases brought to court on the issue of the 14th Amendment and of them 288 were for corporations and only 19 were for blacks. It was frustrating that it took 600,000 people to be killed to get rights