A corporation, while enjoying some legal rights also afforded to actual people, is not a sentient entity (hence that whole "limited liability thing"). The actions it takes are the result of the actions of people, who may be evil.

It's a semantic quibble, but then the whole thread is a semantic quibble.

Re: Corporations inherently being evil comment. Now that's a topic worth discussion. My take on it is that as defined by the social contract, a corporation is inherently a force for good. The reality is that as soon as you empower a legal "being" (corporation in this case, but no less true for individuals) with rights, it immediately begins to seek for more power/rights. In other words, it is self-seeking.

If corporations were held to the terms of the social contract under which they existed by their host nations, they would be forces for good for said nations. As they are not, they can be quite detrimental.

Let's take an example. A corporation is formed in the US to produce a gadget. By social contract, it exists in order to provide goods and services and jobs to its host country (US). It shifts all its production and service provision to India. It is in violation of its social contract to the US, and should correspondingly lose the freedoms it enjoys as a corporation.

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