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Corporations manipulate humans (especially children) into buying their products (even if they don’t really need it)

Marketing strategies of corporations for their products are more sophisticated, but also more persuasive as they were before

The manipulation of children is very effective as a marketing strategy for corporations, because parents buy more products if their children nag or as them for the products

Consumers are manipulated by the corporations. Corporations use technologies such as collecting the consumers‘ online data to get them to buy more of their products

Corporation has problems in future = battle of basic resources

“corporations= artificial creations/”monsters” trying to devour as much profit as possible at anyone’s expands”

Corporations —>bad apple (bad/corrupt, one whose behavior has detrimental influence on their associates)

Civil war & industrial revolution created enormous growth for corporations

Corporations can operate legally as an individual person (even though a group of people sits behind this corporation it is seen as a legal person under the law) à it has many of legal rights of a person (it can buy, sell, borrow money, sue, get sued)

—>People see corporations as a part of our society, as a personality with real characteristics, feelings, politics, belief systems

Corporations are never satisfied with the profit they make

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•One of the corporations featured in the documentary "The Corporation"
•Monsanto's business has a negative impact on the environment
-> caused over 50.000 birth defects
->as well as thousand cancer cases

•Monsanto's herbicide has harmful effects on the ecosystem
->including the development of herbicide resistant weeds
->Factory Farm cows have been victims of Monsanto products

•Monsanto is presented as a corporation that prioritizes its profits over the well-being of society and the environment

-> Monsano paying 80 million dollars in damages but never admitted

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Is in food all over the world

For example at a school which caused a scandal because the students had food poisoning

Monsanto takes out the consequences like cancer -> human health implications

Monsanto's products are criticized because they do not warn people (health, side effects)

Company does not remove the products or minimise the “poison”

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Several individuals who have had direct experience with Monsanto

->farmers, scientists, and activists

Genetically modified crops and herbicides have caused economic and environmental harm

Farmers said  that they have been forced to buy new seeds every year from Monsanto
->due to Monsanto's patenting of the genetic traits in its seeds

Paper company send the habicide down the river every night
-> that’s how they get ride of the effluent from the paper mills
•river was being polluted
-> people get hay fever and burning eyes

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Researchers and critics tried that corperation be terminated and accused

Jane Acree (Layer in Atlanta) investigated reports and published them

News told about it = Jane was fired and lost the fight against Cooperation (company has power & money)

Business can not be stopped and continues as before

For example workers died because of the working conditions

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Layoffs

Union busting

Factory fires

Sweatshops

Underpaying their workers --> Corporations pretend to help their low-wage workers by making them work for them, but they only exploit them (nike: workers have 6,6 minutes to produce a shirt= 8 cents/ or 70 cents per hour, 3 cents for 1% of the retail price)

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Dangerous products, toxic waste, pollution, synthetic chemicals

Corporations know about those risks, but they trivialize it

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Habitat destruction

Factory farming

Experimentations

Giving cows antibiotics to increase milk production. which gives them unnecessary pain, makes them sick (which also makes us sick, because we consume their milk), suffering and distress for cows

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1. International Trade: Corporations are major players in international trade, which is a key component of globalization. They operate across borders, import and export goods and services, and invest in foreign markets.

2. Global Supply Chains: Corporations operate global supply chains, which involve sourcing raw materials, components, and finished products from different countries. This has led to the creation of complex networks of production that span the globe.

3. Foreign Direct Investment: Corporations also engage in foreign direct investment, which involves investing in operations and assets in foreign countries. This enables them to tap into new markets, access resources and labor, and gain a competitive advantage.

4. Technological Advancements: Corporations also play a significant role in advancing technology, which has enabled greater connectivity and communication across the globe.

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Working conditions

Monsanto is all over the world

Companies manipulate people all over the world

Products are shipped all over the world

= effects the whole world

Because of globalization  corporations have been able to take advantage of cheaper laborer

Globalization has enabled corporations to accumulate vast wealth and power
-> At the expense of social and environmental well-being

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Did you know that Corporations could be that harmful?