Do corporate citizens and human citizens act the same way? Since corporations were acknowledged to be citizens under the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, what can we expect from our fellow "citizens?" Robert Monks presentation for "Citizens Response to Citizens United" conference, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2014.

1. Human or Corporate Behavior

2. Behavior: Mode of Functioning
Corporate Goals
Human
Goals
or

3. Human Goals
Fairness,
sharing &
equality
Pluralism of
interest
groups
Encourage a
variety of
perspectives
Cooperation

4. Corporate Goals
Power &
efficiency
CompetitionTop-down Hegemony

5. Behavior: Ethical Guide
Corporate Goals
Human
Goals
or

6. Human
Goals
health,
survival,
and well
being
substantial
equality of
worth
long term
care for
spiritual
and
emotional
aspects of
life

7. Winner takes all Short term
Efficiency
Material
Corporate Goals

8. Behavior: Measure of Accountability
Corporate Goals
Human
Goals
or

9. Human Goals
Principle-driven
Holistic
Internalize full
impact of
functioning
Conserving
through rules &
citizen values

10. Corporate
Goals
Rule Driven Cost-benefit calculationResource -depleting Externalize costs

11. Behavior: To Whom Accountable
Corporate Goals
Human
Goals
or

12. Society as a whole Internalize full impact
functioning
citizens personal accountability
Human
Goals

13. Corporate
Goals
No personal
accountability
The market
place
Resource-
depleting
Stakeholder/
shareholders

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