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I'm a professor in a School of Management, and in preparation for a class this fall, I was looking for movie material to supplement my lectures. The first movie that I rented for this endeavor was "The Corporation." Essentially, this movie points out the corrupt inputs and detrimental results that result from corporations. The corrupt inputs include deceitful, opportunistic executives and manipulative marketers. The detrimental results covered include ethical issues like child labor and the 'patenting of life.' By the end of the movie, the uninformed viewer comes away thinking the corporation is completely despicable.

What the movie fails to mention -- leaving it noncredible -- is that corporations exist to bring together funds that otherwise would not be available to invest in the development of products or services that improve our lives. It also fails to mention that corporate growth results from competition fundamental to the search for better products and services.

If you already know why corporations are logically useful to our existence, and thus you're not apt to be manipulated by the movie's tedious message, this is a very good movie with some valuable material. However, if you don't know enough to appreciate the innovations that organizations like a Microsoft or a GE has brought to our world, then you're gonna be steered in a terrible direction by the message in this movie.

5/10