The Hidden Truth !

The documentary "Corporation" shows facts that unveil the true meaning of a corporation in the real world. Corporate social responsibility that is taught a million times to students at different academic level is insolently not met by companies showcased in this documentary. We understand that the term “corporation” is a separate business entity which runs for facilitating common people to their needs and wants. But here a corporation is said to be a legal person. If this is so, then definitely this legal person is liable to some responsibility towards society and humanity. Many companies who are the biggest sellers of today are valued the most by people but they tend to have sadly the lowest of morals. The CEO of Nike till to date has not stepped in Nike’s factory located in Indonesia and he doest even feel guilty about it, which is a very disheartening act on his part. Another sad aspect of the products sold by these giants is that the labor used to make these is very cheap ranging from 30 cents to 40 cents and these products are usually high priced. There are so many companies that are possibly the hits of this century but in reality are a threat and danger to human life because of the activities they practice without even a small amount of shame. One such company is Mon Santos that makes dairy products. This particular company has been accused of injecting (RBGH) to cows that gets them infected but on the other hand produces more milk. This milk in return is consumed by people and not them being aware of its contagiousness sub-consciously. Companies also made use of pesticides to prevent crops from getting bad but after sometime this showed that it was doing more harm than good. It had serious chemicals that could be hazard to human beings, since it was exposing them to highly toxic chemicals. One can say that it’s like a picture that is drawn specifically for people to hide all the shocking and dreadful acts committed by these corporations in the race to be on top. In their greed for money and fame these companies are even willing to forgo basic feelings of accountability that if taken care of could make them good citizens of society. One practice that is commonly seen by companies is the dumping of waste materials and effluents in near by rivers that are a genuine threat to marine life as well as people living in surroundings. There is no such way accept for raising voices against these day-to-day misdeeds to protect lives and rate of mortality.

In early days many corporations utilized military connections to become more effective and popular. One of the cases was of coca-cola`s introduction of a soft drink by the name of marinda through Nazi`s to intimidate people. Such are there ways to reach stardom that they are not hesitant in crossing any boundaries which may turn out to be unethical. Few common commodities have been and will always remain the priority of our life no matter what, but one of the depressing scenes of the documentary was the privatization of water in Bolivia. It is very sad to know that the people of the state could not even fulfill basic need of water because of government regulations. Eventually the privatization was lifted off since the people of Bolivia fought with their lives to be free of this atrocious act. There are so many ill practices by these corporations that we may lose the count but they would not come to an end. Thus, it is time for the people of the world to take the initiative and step up, stop these companies to control our lives. As citizens of this modern society it is our responsibility to condemn things that get out of hand and can turn out to be a direct risk and danger to humanity.