“For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction; (2) Just as work expands to fill available time, corporate projects or acquisitions will materialize to soak up available funds; (3) Any business craving of the leader, however foolish, will be quickly supported by detailed rate-of-return and strategic studies prepared by his troops; and (4) The behavior of peer companies, whether they are expanding, acquiring, setting executive compensation or whatever, will be mindlessly imitated.” IfsFirstsLawCompanyLeaderStudyExampleReturnBehaviorProjectsInstitutionsPreparedRateCurrentsAvailableFoolishSettingSettingsCorporateFundExecutivesTroopsPeersExpandingCravingCompensationStrategicNewtonAcquisitionLaws Of MotionExecutive Compensation Book:Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha Source: Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha
“In the 1990's, a time of corporate capital's global ascendancy, the mildest restraints on its prerogatives have been peremptorily rejected. Automatically, under this designation, measures to protect national cultural industries, for example, have been ruled unacceptable infringements of "free trade."” Has BeensExampleIndustryProtectTradeCorporateRejectedRestraintFree TradePrerogativeDesignationAscendancyInfringement Author:Herbert Schiller
“Though some still see the Internet, for example, as a democratic structure for international individual expression, it is more realistic to recognize it as only the latest technological vehicle to be turned, sooner or later, to corporate advantage - for advertising, marketing and general corporate aggrandizement.” StillsIndividualExampleExpressionInternetAdvantageStructureDemocraticMarketingInternationalAdvertisingCorporateRealisticVehicleSooner Or LaterTechnologicalIndividual Expression Author:Herbert Schiller
“how can a democratic discourse exist in a corporate owned informational system? Who, for example, possesses freedom of speech in such a society?” ExampleSpeechDemocraticCorporateFreedom Of SpeechDiscourse Author:Herbert Schiller
“If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in Chicago tomorrow, which looks like it's going to happen for 1100 or 1200 people, then obviously everyone will know that we can affect between 700 to 1000 people at a time in damn near every city in America, then I think that's a good start. It also tells people, and gives them an example, how independent hip-hop is able to do this without gigantic corporate support.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingLooksBigsHappensAbleAmericaCitiesSupportExampleTomorrowIndependentSellsHip HopHipsCorporateDamnHopsChicagoVenuesOmaha Author:Immortal Technique
“A highly worthwhile read with prescriptive examples for authentic sustainability and social justice initiatives at companies - not all about the brand, the celebrity or corporate self-interest (about the book 'Compassion, Inc.').” BookSelfSocialInterestJusticeCompanyCompassionExampleSocial JusticeBrandsCorporateWorthwhileSustainabilityInitiativeSelf Interest Author:Rebecca Aguilar
“Apple has never allowed ad-blocking software on the iPhone or iPad. This is one among many reasons that I ditched both. Not because I hate ads all that passionately, but because it's an example of the obsessive corporate control Apple maintains over its environment.” ReasonHateEnvironmentExampleI HateBlockCorporateApplesOver ItSoftwareAdsObsessiveIphoneIpads Author:Kevin Drum