Corporation
noun
A large company or group of companies that is legally recognized as a single unit.
He works for a multinational corporation that produces software.
Often appears as...
- multinational corporation
- corporate policy
noun
A group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough.
The local corporation has decided to increase property taxes.
Often appears as...
- municipal corporation
- elected corporation
noun
A group of people who work together as a single entity to achieve a common goal.
The university is a corporation dedicated to the advancement of knowledge.
Often appears as...
- non-profit corporation
- charitable corporation
noun
A large company or group of companies that is legally recognized as a single unit.
He works for a multinational corporation that produces software.
Often appears as...
- multinational corporation
- corporate policy
noun
A group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough.
The local corporation has decided to increase property taxes.
Often appears as...
- municipal corporation
- elected corporation
noun
A group of people who work together as a single entity to achieve a common goal.
The university is a corporation dedicated to the advancement of knowledge.
Often appears as...
- non-profit corporation
- charitable corporation
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Pro Tip 1/3Legal Personhood
A corporation is legally like a person; it can own property, sue, or be sued.
XYZ Corporation owns several patents.
Pro Tip 2/3Shareholders' Role
Corporations are owned by shareholders who invest money and have certain rights.
She bought shares and became part of the corporation.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Multinational corporations operate across different countries beyond their origin.
The corporation has offices in ten countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Personhood
A corporation is legally like a person; it can own property, sue, or be sued.
XYZ Corporation owns several patents.
Pro Tip 2/3Shareholders' Role
Corporations are owned by shareholders who invest money and have certain rights.
She bought shares and became part of the corporation.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Multinational corporations operate across different countries beyond their origin.
The corporation has offices in ten countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Personhood
A corporation is legally like a person; it can own property, sue, or be sued.
XYZ Corporation owns several patents.
Pro Tip 2/3Shareholders' Role
Corporations are owned by shareholders who invest money and have certain rights.
She bought shares and became part of the corporation.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Multinational corporations operate across different countries beyond their origin.
The corporation has offices in ten countries.
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His Epic Message Will...
corporations keep us unaware and disconnected but they have underestimated our strength contrary to popular belief millions are waking up out of their sleep saying our home being taken right up under our feet we cannot allow a history to be written by the wicked greedy and loony it is our duty to protect Mother Nature from those who
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How to build a greener,...
gonna show you and talk you through because we have a complex problem and I'm afraid complex problems only have complex solutions and the complex problem we have right now with the economy's main agent is that it's leading to and driving excessive demand because of uncontrolled I mean consumerism driven by the corporation is
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How to turn protest into...
a way to hold corporations accountable for their misdeeds, or, instead, a way to free them from onerous regulations. This brings us to the second strategy, choosing a defining fight. All politics is about contrasts. Few of us think about civic life in the abstract.
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How people rationalize...
It is believed that Crundwell felt entitled to a lavish lifestyle based on her position, and the notoriety her winnings brought to the city. It's tempting to think of fraud as a victimless crime because corporations and civic institutions aren't people.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and that's the free market system. About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input
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The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
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The life cycle of a...
driven by large corporations and the trend of fast fashion has cost the environment, the health of farmers, and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil.
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Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
benefit to it, but I was quickly told by some corporations that my personal passion project was not a brand fit because they didn't want their logos stamped across the ghettos of Haiti. Now, I wasn't just obsessed. I was outraged.
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This country isn't just...
The idea is to raise a transition fund from individual donors, corporations and institutions, but the deal is closed only after predetermined conditions are met and all funds committed. So multiparty, single
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Carolyn Steel: How food...
is controlled by just five multinational corporations, it's a grim picture. As we're moving into cities, the world is also embracing a Western diet. And if we look to the future, it's an unsustainable diet.
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His Epic Message Will...
corporations keep us unaware and disconnected but they have underestimated our strength contrary to popular belief millions are waking up out of their sleep saying our home being taken right up under our feet we cannot allow a history to be written by the wicked greedy and loony it is our duty to protect Mother Nature from those who
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
gonna show you and talk you through because we have a complex problem and I'm afraid complex problems only have complex solutions and the complex problem we have right now with the economy's main agent is that it's leading to and driving excessive demand because of uncontrolled I mean consumerism driven by the corporation is
Video examples
How to turn protest into...
a way to hold corporations accountable for their misdeeds, or, instead, a way to free them from onerous regulations. This brings us to the second strategy, choosing a defining fight. All politics is about contrasts. Few of us think about civic life in the abstract.
Video examples
How people rationalize...
It is believed that Crundwell felt entitled to a lavish lifestyle based on her position, and the notoriety her winnings brought to the city. It's tempting to think of fraud as a victimless crime because corporations and civic institutions aren't people.
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and that's the free market system. About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input
Video examples
The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
driven by large corporations and the trend of fast fashion has cost the environment, the health of farmers, and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil.
Video examples
Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
benefit to it, but I was quickly told by some corporations that my personal passion project was not a brand fit because they didn't want their logos stamped across the ghettos of Haiti. Now, I wasn't just obsessed. I was outraged.
Video examples
This country isn't just...
The idea is to raise a transition fund from individual donors, corporations and institutions, but the deal is closed only after predetermined conditions are met and all funds committed. So multiparty, single
Video examples
Carolyn Steel: How food...
is controlled by just five multinational corporations, it's a grim picture. As we're moving into cities, the world is also embracing a Western diet. And if we look to the future, it's an unsustainable diet.
Example 1 of 10
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John Perkins
Economist
And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money goes, I know we will demand change.
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Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
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Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian Celebrity
All these corporations don't want their drivers to ruin their image, so you can't say what you think. You're basically not allowed to have a personality. How can you have any heroes if you don't allow personalities?
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Frances O'Grady
British Activist
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet; or that citizens' rights come second to those of corporations.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a few days and you'll be thin for life.
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Robert Reich
American Economist
Can we please agree that in the real world, corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only - to make as much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible?
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Jason Alexander
American Actor
I kept being asked by corporations to do corporate gigs. And I said, 'I don't have anything. I'm not a stand-up. You want me to come sing show tunes for you? I don't think so.
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Ken Livingstone
English Politician
The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.
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John Perkins
Economist
And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money goes, I know we will demand change.
Quote examples
Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
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Jacques Villeneuve
Canadian Celebrity
All these corporations don't want their drivers to ruin their image, so you can't say what you think. You're basically not allowed to have a personality. How can you have any heroes if you don't allow personalities?
Quote examples
Frances O'Grady
British Activist
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet; or that citizens' rights come second to those of corporations.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a few days and you'll be thin for life.
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Robert Reich
American Economist
Can we please agree that in the real world, corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only - to make as much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible?
Quote examples
Jason Alexander
American Actor
I kept being asked by corporations to do corporate gigs. And I said, 'I don't have anything. I'm not a stand-up. You want me to come sing show tunes for you? I don't think so.
Quote examples
Ken Livingstone
English Politician
The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.
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