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Bakan, J. (2004). The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. New York: The Free Press.
This book, authored by one of The Corporation’s film makers, provides the basis for the film. Because it elaborates on theories and concepts, it is an excellent companion reading, particularly for students of law. |
Berenson, A. (2003) The Number: How The Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America. New York: Random House.
The author argues that the “cult of the number” (i.e., overemphasis on financial performance) has been the subject of financial manipulation and amounts to a failed short-term business perspective that neglects planning for sustained economic growth. The premise and conclusion parallel key themes in The Corporation, but give different examples. |
Brewster, M. (2003). Unaccountable: How the Accounting Profession Forfeited a Public Trust. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley and Sons.
This book chronicles the US audit system, with a particular focus on the Enron Arthur Andersen case, where auditors are consultants and are paid for by the very firms they are auditing. This addresses aspects of The Corporation’s chapter titled Mindset. |
Partnoy, F. (2003). Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets. New York: Times Books/Henry Holt Co.
This is a look at the increasingly volatile world of illegal corporate finance and accounting that has led to several spectacular financial collapses in the past decade, shedding additional light on central themes in The Corporation. |
Pinto, A.R. & Branson, D.M. (1999). Understanding Corporate Law. Miamisburg, OH: Lexis Publishing.
This text provides foundation knowledge for understanding issues of corporate law in the US. Its contents will assist students viewing The Corporation in understanding corporate legal entities and governing regulations. |
Watkins, S. and Swartz, M. (2003). Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron. New York: Doubleday.
Watkins, the infamous “whistleblower” at Enron, chronicles a corporate culture and a series of accounting illegalities that led to the famous collapse of this once powerful corporation. This provides a case example that parallels some of the issues brought to light in The Corporation. |
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Corporate Governance
This site provides specific articles and resources regarding corporate governance, with an emphasis on greater accountability. The site provides explanations of key terms, and fundamental principles, as well as links to relevant legislation and organizations with a stake in corporate governance issues. |
The Center for Corporate Policy
The Center for Corporate Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization. This site contains information especially useful for discussion of history and legal policy. |
International Accounting Standards Board
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is an independent accounting standard setter based in London, UK committed to developing a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards. Board Members come from nine countries. In addition, the Board cooperates with national accounting standard setters to achieve convergence in accounting standards around the world. |
Multinational Monitor
A monthly magazine examining the activities of multinational companies and issues relating to labor, the environment, corporate crime, multilateral banks and development. News items and interviews with government officials, executives, activists and environmentalists provide complementary and more up-to-date material to many of the topics covered in the documentary. |
Sarbanes-Oxley Community Forum
This site provides an overview of the Act and resources for those who wish to learn more about or change their business practices in response to this legislation. |
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Politics
This site provides a variety of relevant publications for those interested in environmental law, as well as a link to the environmental sustainability index. The site will be helpful to those seeking additional information on themes addressed in The Corporation. |
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