CINEMA: The Corporation: ‘Psychopathic’ corporate soul laid bare*

Is the modern corporation a psychopath – prepared to lie, steal or kill without remorse in its quest for profits?This is the question posed by an award-winning Canadian documentary, The Corporation, currently playing to packed cinema audiences around Australia.The film is based on a book, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, by Joel Bakan, who teaches law at the University of British Columbia.It argues that, while the corporation enjoys the legal status and many of the …

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