"The Corporation"

Should corporations be entitled to the same legal rights as individuals? Where should the line be drawn?

As the word said: A corporation is an institution that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

My arguement is based on the Personhood debate, wich refers to the controversy over the question of what subset of rights afforded under the law to natural persons should also be afforded to corporations as legal persons.

"Proponents of corporate personhood generally believe that corporations, as representatives of their shareholders, were intended by the founders and framers to enjoy many, if not all, of the same rights as natural persons, such as the right to free speech, self-incrimination, right to privacy, and the right to lobby the government."

The oppponents of this argue, said thar there was a confusion between natural "God-created" persons and legally-constituted corporations.

Definetly there must be a line, corporations are now dominating elections, intemidating candidates and generating corruption and this due to the fact of expending a lot o f money in elections and to the freedom speech rigth.

As John Marshall, one of the most famous and respected Chief Justices in US history, wrote in 1819 that corporations are “an artificial being, invisible, intangible. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.”

But we can see in many different dictionaries, such as the Webster Dictionary, where include corporations in definitions of persons.

"one (as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties."

Regardless definitions, corps have no moral consciences like persons, corporations are not natural persons, so have fewer rights, corps are not citizens; can't vote or run for office and How do corps. exercise right to life, marriage, etc???

There is obviously certain rights that corps. doesnt have: right of life, right to get married, etc (Natural Human Rigths) that corporations doesnt receive.

SELECTED RELEVANT REFERENCES

Definition of Corporation. [Online] Available at:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/corporation

Personhood Debate. [Online] Available at:
http://wiki.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Corporate_personhood

Definition of Corporation. [Online] Available at:

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/

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Comparison between Corporative Culture and Cross-cultural Management

For me, corporate culture it´s difficult to explain, but you know it when you see it.




According to "Thinking Managers", managers have to establish it and run it all the way through a business, with clear values and beliefs, successful business principles and operations, and a suitable emphasis on human resources and customer satisfaction.


Corporate culture describes and governs the ways a company's owners and employees think, feel and act. You can use it to bring out the values and practices you want for your company.


In the other hand, with have Cross-cultural Management, that is when two people from different cultural backgrounds, meet, interact with, understand and deal with person from other cultural background.

Totally different from the corporate management wich function is to offer significant competitive advantages over rivals, when it´s a positive one.

The two of them are also connected: people come from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, with different personalities and experiences. In a work environment, these factors manifest themselves in a wide variety of ways, and "over time a dominant set of norms arise which guide the way work is accomplished", according to Dr. Fathi El-Nadi, expert on the topic.


For instance, business has different interpretation. "IN USA , doing business means creating organizations wealth. In India doing business means "Individual wealth". On recruitment, In USA it is the process of selection, In India it is the process of rejection."
And the difference goes on.






SELECTED RELEVANT REFERENCES
Corporate Culture, What is Corporate Culture?. [Online] Available at: http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/business-management/corporate-culture.php

Corporate Culture, Definition. [Online] Available at:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/term/82104.html

What is cross cultural management?.[Online] Available at:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_cross_cultural_management

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What culture means?

"Culture is what is left over after you have forgotten all you have definitely set out to learn"

Is the definition that mentions the author of the book: "The meaning of Culture". Here it is explained culture from different perspectives. One that caught my attention was the one that talks about culture and happiness.

"One thing is certain. We cannot claim that nature put her seal of approval upon our culture until we can prove that it results in greater happiness for the individual who practises it."

"...the art of culture imply that we must retain a bold and clear awareness that we are seeking happiness."



"Culture is the way we live. It is the clothes we wear, the foods we eat,the languages we speak, the stories we tell and the ways we celebrate.
It is the way we show our imaginations through art, music and writing"

As it is express by the author, who is an and inmigrant and a refugee: "Culture is also about roots".

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future." Albert Camus

Personal Opinion

I think that culture is an integral part of every society wich function is to bind people together. It is learned from the family and the surroundings and it is necessary for people to communicate among themselves,creating a feeling of belonging and togetherness among the society.

Every society has a specific culture and it´s up to the people who own it, to maintained and to love it, but taking into a count that is evolving constantly and is in fact somewhat influenced by the other cultures and societies.

I think that culture gives people an identity that makes them unique.

"Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't." Lord Raglan

SELECTED RELEVANT REFERENCES
Cowper J. The meaning of Culture. Retrieved from:
http://books.google.com.co/books?id=9cyFwQI1Fd0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=what+culture+means&ei=aLxoS471EInEywS5wMDNCg&cd=1#v=onepage&q=what%20culture%20means&f=false

Kalman,B. What is Culture? Retrieved from:
http://books.google.com.co/books?id=gyn7z2pFzpkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=what++is+culture&lr=&ei=fbxoS-n-IZS4zQTq3MHPAQ&cd=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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