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A former rhodes scholar and law clerk to chief justice brian dickson of the supreme court of canada, bakan has law degrees from oxford, dalhousie, and harvard. The pathological pursuit of profit and power edited by jennifer abbott commissioning editor, tvo rudy. In this shocking and indelible behindthescenes journey, joel bakan, acclaimed author and awardwinning maker of the renowned film and international bestselling book the corporation, uncovers the astonishing degree to which companies exploit the special vulnerabilities of children, manipulate parents fears, and operate with callous. Joel bakans book is a brilliantly argued account of the corporations pathological pursuit of profit and power. The corporation digital downloads collaboration overdrive. A rhodes scholar and former law clerk to chief justice brian dickson of the supreme court of canada, he holds law degrees from oxford, harvard, and dalhousie universities. As argued in the documentary film the corporation, based on bakan 2004, the modern corporate person is thus essentially sociopathic. Bakan authored the corporation, a book analyzing the evolution and modernday behavior of corporations from a critical perspective. Listen to the corporation the pathological pursuit of profit and power by joel bakan available from rakuten kobo. A former rhodes scholar and law clerk to chief justice brian dickson of the supreme court of canada, bakan has. In this engaging narrative, legal theorist joel bakan contends that the modern business corporation is created by law to function like a psychopathic personality. In this shocking and indelible behindthescenes journey, joel bakan, acclaimed author and awardwinning maker of the renowned film and international bestselling book the corporation, uncovers the astonishing degree to which companies exploit the special vulnerabilities of children, manipulate parents fears, and operate with callous disregard for. As incisive as eric schlossers bestselling fast food nation, as rigorous as joseph e. Usa today the corporation, according to joel bakan, is the monster that can swallow civilization greedy, exploitive, and unstoppable.
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Dec 03, 2012 joel bakan, author of the corporation. The most powerful class of institution on earth, the corporation, is by any reasonable measure hopelessly and unavoidably. Joel bakan authorproducer the corporation on how corporations are psychopathic, part 1 the first half of the transcript of my interview with joel bakan. The corporation has become a vehicle by which good men and women cause harm to society because of the way the corporation is created and protected by the law. The pathological pursuit of profit and power, this 26awardwinning documentary explores a corporation s inner workings, curious history. Joel bakan, professor of law at the university of british columbia, is an internationally recognized and awardwinning scholar and teacher who has worked on. The pathological pursuit of profit and power by joel bakan january 26,2004 jan 1, 1657. The pathological pursuit of profit and power by joel bakan, origen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The new corporation by joel bakan overdrive rakuten. Corporations have found a new resource to be mined for profit. An eminent law professor and legal theorist, bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behavior, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A rhodes scholar and former law clerk to chief justice brian dickson of the supreme court of canada, he holds law degrees from oxford, harvard and dalhousie universities.
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