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Modern organizations, particularly the state and corporate conglomerations, represent the historically unprecedented concentrations of power. This paper is about how people living in a supposed free society ended up legitimizing and giving approval to their own oppression and domination. Weber predicted that corporate power would help facilitate this development. Chomsky demonstrated how the particulars work in connection to the mass media. In a nutshell, this is about the issue of capitalism. Producers and advertisers have an interest in reinforcing certain ideologies, because, in their world, minorities, women and the poor should be relegated to certain spheres. This is, therefore, a political battle -- it is a class war. Economic elites retain their power by shaping and moulding social reality through the means of mass media.

Tags:POLITICAL SCIENCE / STUDIES IN DEMOCRACY, LIBERALISM, corporate power

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This paper analyzes the issue of corporate power and democracy. The issue raised is whether corporate power makes the concept of democracy meaningless. The writer discusses that in American life, corporations exert a great deal of influence and control, rising numerous complaints in recent years that big business, through lobbyists and other means, affect Congress to too great a degree and so make the concept of democracy meaningless.

From the Paper
"If corporations can get what they want by making campaign contributions or twisting the arms of legislators, the influence of the voter at the polls is diminished. This idea has only increased with the exposure of a number of scandals in recent years, the Abramoff scandal being only the most recent, showing how a lobbyist can gain favor that the average citizen cannot."

Tags:corporate, power, democracy

Abstract
This paper examines the issue of whether corporate power makes the concept of democracy meaningless. According to the paper, in American life, corporations exert a great deal of influence and control, raising numerous complaints in recent years that big business, through lobbyists and other means, affect Congress to too great a degree and so make the concept of democracy meaningless. The paper further contends that if corporations can get what they want by making campaign contributions or twisting the arms of legislators, the influence of the voter at the polls is diminished.

From the Paper
"The issue raised is whether corporate power makes the concept of democracy meaningless. In American life, corporations exert a great deal of influence and control, rising numerous complaints in recent years that big business, through lobbyists and other means, affect Congress to too great a degree and so make the concept of democracy meaningless. If corporations can get what they want by making campaign contributions or twisting the arms of legislators, the influence of the voter at the polls is diminished. This idea has only increased with the exposure of a number of scandals in recent years, the Abramoff scandal being only the most recent..."

Tags:corporate, power, democracy

Abstract
This paper presents an overview of methods in which corporations do not attain too much political power. According to the paper a primary way to do this is to assure that the public keeps its share of power and exercises it as fully as possible. This takes place first by each individual doing so, beginning with such simple acts as voting. The paper continues with a lengthy discussion of the importance of voting.

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"A primary way to avoid having corporations gain too much power over the political process is to assure that the public keeps its share of power and exercises it as fully as possible. This takes place first by each individual doing so, beginning with such simple acts as voting. As is well known, the percentage of people voting in elections keeps declining, declining even more for certain types of elections than for others. Some people do not vote because they feel powerless and believe that their vote doers not count. Of course, if they do not vote, then their vote really does not count, and they are powerless by choice. The system has changed over the history of this country, as should be..."

Tags:corporation, power, politics

Abstract
This paper discusses the ways to avoid having corporations gain too much power over the political process. The paper specifically focuses on the role of voting and its importance in helping to achieve the outcome that we desire. It also looks briefly at how actions at the micro level can change the structure of society and affect the political system.

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"John Rawls offered a revision of Kantian theory so it could be used as a grounding in ethical theory. Rawls states that he is concerned with social justice, and he says that the primary subject of justice is the basic structure of society, or "the way in which the major social institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages from social cooperation" (Rawls, 1971, p. 7). The major institutions of society to which Rawls refers are pervasive and have profound effects on behavior and the distribution of benefits. These institutions embody deep-seated inequalities that may be inevitable in the basic structure of any society, and any principles of justice must apply to these inequalities (Rawls, 1971, p. 7)."

Tags:voting, elections, society

Abstract
The writer asserts that corporations give a significant amount of their money to politicians and spend an even greater amount of money trying to persuade these politicians to vote in a manner favorable to the corporation's cause. These contributions, Political Action Committees and personal influence, explains the author, are the avenues the paper presents for corporations to influence the government.
Table of Contents:
Review of Literature
Methodology and Theoretical Orientation
Corporate Influence on Congress
PACs and Campaign Contributions
The "Good Ole Boy" System
Corporate Responsibility
A Study of 1998
Conclusions

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"Political Action Committees are one main source of corporate campaign contributions. In 1943, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed the CIO-PAC to collect and disperse voluntary political contributions from union members. It wasn't until the 1970s that PACs were legitimized. Limits on campaign contributions from individual PACs caused the number of registered PACs to increase from 608 to 4200 by the end of the 1980s (Godwin 87). PACs use a number of methods to solicite funds from the public including union campaigns and direct mail techniques. They can then contribute to the campaigns of agreeable politicians. Corporate PACs contribute funds from one or several corporations, giving corporations another avenue with which to control the political arena. A survey conducted in 1984 showed that 68% of corporations that had their own lobbying force in D.C also contributed to Political Action Committees (Wright 418)."

Tags:influence, power, contributions, lobby, congress

Abstract
The paper outlines Toyota's international marketing strategies and focuses on Toyota's expansion to the American market. The paper discusses the introduction of Toyota automobiles in 1957, the company's partnership with General Motors and its growing profitability in America today. The paper highlights how Toyota is a "good corporate citizen" of every country in which it does business, since it respects and engages the culture and communities in which it markets its products. The paper asserts that these strategies, combined with Toyota's traditional team-oriented and methodology based management, have created a company that can deliver high quality products in an efficient business model.

Outline:
Abstract
Toyota International Marketing Strategies
Toyota's Social Conscience
A Case Study: Toyota in America
Social Factors Influence U.S. Auto Sales
Toyota in Joint Venture with General Motors
Toyota in America Today
Toyota in Other Countries
Other Aspects of Toyota Management Style

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"Toyota's incredible success as a truly global corporate power can be attributed to many factors, but the one that sets it apart is its emphasis upon being a "good corporate citizen" of every country in which it does business. By respecting and engaging the culture and communities in which it markets its products, Toyota minimizes concerns over the import status of its products. In the countries where Toyota has established large manufacturing operations, these investments have even given the company favored status in state and local communities as a large employer. These strategies, combined with Toyota's traditional team-oriented and methodology based management have created a company which can deliver high quality products in an efficient business model."

Tags:social, awareness, environment, brand, marketing, management

Abstract
This paper details the roles of lobbying, campaign contributions, political action committees and the role of personal influence in the political arena. Specifically, the paper looks at how corporations use these areas to influence government. A study of lobby and contribution expenditures of 1998 is done as well as brief historical perspectives on PACs and personal influence. It is concluded that if the present trends continue, corporate America will, in effect, own the U. S. government lock, stock and barrel.

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This paper discusses the issues of power, authority and influence over others within the confines of the workplace. It focuses on how these issues pertain to leadership. The paper emphasizes the discussion in Chapter 8 of "Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives" by Price Cobbs and Judith Turnock, in which the paper discusses what Frank Fountain and Paula Banks do to acquire corporate power and influence.

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"Paula Banks handled her rise to the top by refusal (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003). However, she still had to stop and rethink her career strategy. She was working to be a store manager, and was sidetracked into working with Human Resources (HR). She had been promised a store manager position very soon, but eventually she was told it would be at least 8 years before that could take place. However, if she did not want to wait that long, she could change her career path and become the head of HR for one of the catalog distribution sectors (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003). While she did not want HR, she also did not want to spend 8 long years working for a store manager position. Her refusal to insist on getting what she was originally promised was not accepted, and many believe that this is due to the fact of being female (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003)."

Tags:management, organization, employee

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"The term, "corporate culture," is one that has gained popularity in recent years without gaining a universally agreed-upon definition. It is used as a type of popular shorthand to describe the system of shared values and the symbolic representations of shared meanings within a corporation, or an organization within a corporation. In her book, Power and Shared Values in the Corporate Culture, Cathy Enz explores the issues surrounding corporate culture, the various subcultures that can exist within organizations, and the way that shared values are communicated throughout an organization. In addition, the author considers the effect that such shared values have on the organization as a whole.


Enz speculates as to why corporate America is now so interested in new management techniques. She suspects that..."