The Great Wall of Google

The Great Wall of Google

Corporations gained legal status as individuals under the precedent set by the Thirteenth Amendment which abolished slavery. Bizarrely, the logic was if slaves are 5/5ths of a person, instead of 3/5ths, then so too should be a corporation. They gained legal rights as individuals, but not the responsibility of citizens with obligations to society. All they do is pay taxes, mostly. Their obligation is to their shareholders and the profit motive.

Very interesting commentary on Googles moves in China. The author makes some great observations about why and how corporations are more difficult to understand. I read a great book over the summer by a Canadian Professor called the “The Corporation” and in the book he explains exactly the same things. If the leaders of Google did not make this move to get into China they would not be fulfilling their obligation to the corporation. They only need to concern themselves with one thing, profit. Other than that everything else is secondary. If the corporation can do something illegal and the consequences of the illegal activity are less than the profit they make make the corporation should do that….not that I agree with this philosophy, but that is the way the corporation is designed. The author of the book actual argues for some changes in the way corporations opperate.

Hum…I think I might need to look at that book again.

31 January, 2006 |

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