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Natalie Soto

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Susie Huerta

Unit 2- Understanding Power: The Corporation

What We Know vs. What We Want to Know

While some people are blinded by the power that is given to large corporations, others are trying to understand why people are not doing anything to stop them from the negative impact that they provide for society. Joel Bakan a write, filmmaker, and Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law claims in his book The Corporation that corporations have dominated economic institutions and the government has not done much to try to stop them. Having become a big part in society they are very influential and they have power in many ways in our communities. Corporations have impacted the world and they dominate smaller businesses, they lack social responsibilities and they lack Fair labor standards. While some are blinded by all the goods that corporations have done other will point out all the negative impacts they have in the world.

While corporations are impacting the world, they try to beautify themselves for the community to portray that they are doing good and that if they are doing something to hurt the environment they will say what the community wants to hear but do nothing because they only care about the money that they will be making. Being blindsided by their good can affect the community because they may not see the negative impact that the environment suffers. Since social responsibilities, the way that the corporations represent themselves to the community, play a big role with corporations people should try to be aware of the problems that corporations are not addressing properly. Bakan states, “Their whole goal is to present themselves to the public in a way that is appealing to the public [but] in fact may not be representative of what th[e] organization is really like,” (57). Corporations want people to view them a certain way but in reality they are just looking out for their best interest. In this case people are forgetting the really value of words and are putting aside what they believe because they hear good things. The corporations put aside any concerns that the public are facing as long as people are still buying their products. Corporations are selfish and the public is not aware of this problem because they are getting products and what seems to be to them a good deal. In today’s world most people care about their own lives and what they worry about the most is their own interest, many people feel satisfied with corporations because they can make them money in the long run despite all the negative effects they might bring the world. Since many people know a days seem to only care about the money they value and hide all the wrong doings that corporations bring to society because they are selfish just like the corporation that is running the place

Fair labor standards, this act was designed to force corporations to ensure labor workers with the rights and safety that they deserve, while people who run the big corporations don’t get affected by not following the law the only people being hurt are the workers and that can be a love one or even your neighbor. This is a law but in reality the corporations are doing nothing to follow it. Many try not to think of all the negatives involved with corporations and their way of doing business they are are forgetting to see the impact that they are providing society with, in fact corporations are humiliating and over working people. This may seem to many like its none realistic because there are laws against labor standers but truth is that corporations are not being stopped form hurting their workers and even the environment. This act was designed to force corporations to ensure labor workers with the rights and safety that they deserve. Bakan claim that many corporations are not afraid to state,”.. deliberately grammed, indeed legally compelled, to externalize costs without regards for the harm it may cause to people, communities, and the natural environment,” (73). Without even noticing corporations are being selfish and people are forgetting to acknowledge that corporations are only looking for their own interest and they are willing to do whatever it takes to do what they can do make money out of every situation.

In school many of us learn about sweatshops, work provided by big cooperation, that provide long shifts no breaks and over worker their workers with low pay humiliation, and that they are no longer practice but in reality they still exist. While corporations promised to stop using sweatshops reality is that. It is against the law for sweatshop to exist in America but that doesn’t stop corporations from practicing sweatshops, claims Bakan. It amazes me how the government is aware that corporations are neglecting humans and are mistreating them, the fact that the government has to make the people feel safe and protected and are doing nothing to stop sweatshops just shows to me that the government as well as corporations don’t care about others just about what they see in their pockets at the end of the day. Bakan states,” The Corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit,”(69). The fact that corporations are being selfish with the communities that surround them is unspeakable; they are affecting the people that keep their business going strong. I believe that if people were more aware of all the neglect that corporations are practicing people will stop giving large corporations a profit and corporations will be impacted where they are interested the most.

Cooperation’s have the big money and they seem to be making many decisions for society, they are grouping up with politicians and providing them with money so that their voices can be heard. While they practice lobbying, pressuring or perusing one to be on their side, they try to influence the law to be on their side so that the laws that will affect them will not stop the business from getting the money that they care about the most. The fact that corporations have the government on their side that shows me that the government will never try to provide for their people but the people that give them money. This just shows me that the government is not here for the people but for themselves as well. The government is lacking power because they are not the ones with the money, since they are getting it from the corporations they are trying to get the power they can by the money that they can get to have some power. Since corporations use their money to influence others they need to keep their pockets full so they will do whatever it take to be able to have what they want even if it mean to exploit their communities and even the people that work for them.

Perusing consumers to buy new products that are not necessary without the consumer even realizing that they are buying things that they don’t need. While the consumer are receiving undercover messages they are being influenced to get things that they don’t need in life to satisfy their wants. In Sabrina M. Neely and Tim Coffey academic journal “Understanding the “Four-Eyed, Four-Legged” Consumer: Segmentation Analysis of U.S. Moms” they research the different styles of parental styles and how they consume, in this study the main focus was how the mother communicate with their children. The researcher’s main focuses were the mother values, attitudes, opinions, and market place behaviors. The results of this research indicated that there is 6 different types of moms and they all have different, and they all varied and seemed to be different either because of their race, income, marital status, and geographical location. In those categories were the balancers: the have it all’s, the nurturer: completely main focus is her family, the diva: self-focused, the protector: conservative and with high level of education, the struggler: wants to provide for her children but her financial situation is no help, and the stoic: socially and culturally isolated. Based on the mothers values the researchers claim that their children will be more easily able to fall in to consuming. Because moms are doing the influencing the researchers claim that the children are not the only targets but mothers are the ones that show their children their values in consuming. Neely and Coffey state in their research “Children learn to be consumers by observing persons around them in decision- making and purchasing situation, by modeling the behaviors they observe in others,” this shows me that since kids are the most easily influenced because they don’t get the concepts they just see what’s on advertisement and think they if they have what they see they will be just like what’ in the advertisement because that’s what they look up to. Since many children are looking around them to see as role models they will try to do anything to be like the people they look up too.

Chris Preston author of “Children’s Advertising: the Ethics of Economic Socialization” his research was based on the ethics that researches (advertisers) face in order to aim there targets in the right forms. This article main focus was the way that advertisers choice to focus in younger kids and why. The results were very strange because they came to a conclusion that they weren’t sure if the advertising was really amid for children because some can claim that its main focus is the parent because they can shop and buy the products. Because children are inexperienced in shopping and may not understand the message that the advertisement is trying to portray, people can’t really state that the advertisement is really aimed for children. Preston claims that “Children under seven or eight are less clear as to advertising, and may over-rely upon visuals,” this provides me with a little more understanding that since kids don’t really get the real message that the advertisement is trying to portray they look for what they can understand and that is the pictures. The fact that kids are only getting half of the message because they don’t have the right understanding will only give them the wrong message that is that they should have what they see in the advertisement. Children are the next generation and they seem to be the ones that will be more influenced so they use children to exploit them to their products.

Therefor, people should try to stop all the wrong doings or major corporations because they are exploiting our communities. If people can come together and try to make a difference in the world they can all benefit and try to change local business. People that can become aware of all the problems that they surround them will be able to stop some and even try to get corporations form doing any bad to the society. Corporations need to be good to the community since the community is doing well for them. Once people can be aware I believe that people will stop believing in them and that will help society, because people will have the power to make smaller business and they wont have big competitions and will not run out of business as fast. If the government was to step it up and give power to the people not just the money they will see great benefit many people in our communities will be able to succeed in this world. If people where to be strong individuals we can all make American and even the world a better place of living. People don’t only care about themselves but what’s around them people need to start to stand on their own and even if it means to spend more money they should shop locally because corporations are humiliation and not practicing the law correctly.

While some people choice to stay in the dark side and try to save their money and shop in store such as Wal-Mart, they are not realizing where their products are being made and what it takes to get them. Cheap isn’t always good even if it is more convenient for the people. People are forgetting to acknowledge that the people that are making their products are not being treated fairly, if people were to be aware of that problem they will never shop at stores that neglect their workers. Since many people are not aware of the big problem of sweatshops because they believe that they are no longer in practice will stay in bliss of corporations and will keep shopping with them and keep giving them money that potentially keep affecting their communities. People are forgetting to be there for each other and try to help very one that around them. While I believe that being aware of the problems can benefit the world many people will choice not to because they want what is in their best interest. Cheap prices comes along with bad treatment to their workers and like me many others will not agree with that practice and if many of our communities were to come together they will try to stop them and make the world a better place to work and shop.

2. There are many ways that violence is formed but many more that cause them. Violence can be a form of expression. Lack of communication can lead many people to become violent. When people feel at their weakest they are vulnerable to become violence because they see no way out of feeling alone. Because violence is not acceptable in society it can be a cry out for others to receive help and even respect. Many can see violence as a bad thing because they are causing harm to others, but in reality they can be hurting inside as well. Since violence can start at a young age parent need to give their kids the proper attention they deserve because in most cases kids are witnessing violence at home or are being mistreated at home. If kids see violence at home as being okay they can think its okay to be violent out of school and that can lead to being more violent with others.
While some try to cover up the real source of the problem of violence they are forgetting who its affecting. Because people are putting aside the people who are getting affected, i believe that it will just lead up to more violence because they feel like no one will ever be there to hear them out of to lend a hand to them. The fact that people who are being violent are just being given harsh consequences to their actions that just infuriates them because they aren't reviving the attention that they are calling out for.

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