problems of Corporate Expansion
... In addition to corporate expansion into the mind, globalization is another big problem for society. ... Corporate expansion has gotten so large mainly due to the fact of peoples unawareness or apathy to the issue. ... She agrees that corporate expansion has left society with no choice, in effect, limiting their individuality, because they can no longer decide for themselves, what products they need for themselves and what they do not need. ... The solution is awareness; to show people what corporate expansion is doing to them as individuals. ... People should be made aware of this problem at the University level, where they are capable of understanding corporate expansion and its implications. More specifically, every business school at the university level should educate the future business men and women of America, on the problems of globalization, and how they hold the key to the solution. ... A big problem of corporate expansion is making the image of the product more valuable than the product itself. ... Klein states that, “This radical shift in corporate philosophy has sent manufacturers on a cultural feeding frenzy as they seize upon every corner of un-marketed landscape in search of the oxygen needed to inflate their brands. ... Another problem that has become very apparent in the last few years is corporate branding, which has crept up on many different aspects of our lives, eventually controlling it. ... ” Education and the media are among the many victims of corporate branding. ... The corporate space, described in No Logo, is “A fascist state where we all solute the logo and have little opportunity for criticism because our newspapers, television stations, internet servers, streets and retail spaces are all controlled by multi-national corporate interests. ... A person needs to be aware of his individualism in the face of corporate globalization and that an emphasis on image has adverse effects on individualism. ... In addition, organizations should be started to get people informed beyond the college community that stress the right of the individual to his own choice and space, and the right to be free from corporate branding. ... More specifically, a proposed solution to the problems of corporate expansion would be to focus attention on the students at the university level; particularly in the business program where students are trained to enter large corporations. ... However, corporate responsibility lectures reflected about 1 percent of the entire curriculum. ... The solution to corporate domination is to go directly to the source, at the point where the college is actually training these young people to enter the world and join large corporations that dominate smaller businesses and brand every aspect of living.