bizEthics.org » Corporate Personhood http://www.bizethics.org Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues Wed, 05 May 2010 02:55:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues bizEthics.org no Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues bizEthics.org » Corporate Personhood http://www.bizethics.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.bizethics.org How Will the Citizens United Decision Affect Sustainable Business? - Triple Pundit - Editorial: Steve Puma http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/how-will-the-citizens-united-decision-affect-sustainable-business/ http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/how-will-the-citizens-united-decision-affect-sustainable-business/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:57:29 +0000 admin http://www.bizethics.org/?p=907 US Supreme Court
Photo by dbkingThis is a very good article, full of links and references, covering not only the Citizens United case but also the issue of corporate personhood. I’m somewhat surprised at the reaction to the court’s decision in this case. As noted in this article, the US Supreme Court has previously established that corporations are persons in the Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad decision of 1886 (yes, I know that there are disagreements about the implications of that decision, and I don’t like it, either). As a result, no one should be surprised that they have been afforded the protections of the Constitution. What we really need to be doing is to be rethinking the whole corporate personhood model.

Read the article here.

Excerpt:
News outlets and the blogosphere are abuzz with reactions to Thursday’s Supreme Court decision that will allow corporations to fund political campaigns. The ruling, which overturns decades of legal precedent and legislation limiting the ability of corporations to influence the outcome of elections, may have broad implications for the political process in the U.S. News of the decision has drawn criticism from both the right and the left, many voicing the opinion that dramatically increased rights for corporations will significantly diminish the ability for individual citizens to have their voices heard.

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You may also find this article of mine to be of interest: “Capital” Punishment: For Corporations That Violate the Public Trust

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