The Corporation as a Person
Jun 20, 2010The Supreme Court recently decided that corporations had the right of free speech under the U.S.
The Morality of Big Business
Serena Wong
14 May 2018
"Big business" for many has largely immoral associations: corrupt, profit-driven at the expense of human wellbeing or the environment, threatening to mom-and-pop shops everywhere.
But this wasn't always the case—big businesses used to be viewed positively by the public.
Is our current immoral perception of big businesses truly accurate? Are small-businesses really the shining examples or morality and business we take them to be?
This article from The Atlantic tackles the question, "How did large firms go from being a symbol of American strength to being the object of almost universal scorn?"
Read more here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/learning-to-love-big-business/554096/
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