Require every corporate document to be signed by a human being who thereby takes responsibility for the veracity of statements and the soundness of judgments therein. Require a corporation to pay for periodic health, safety, and environmental audits by independent experts selected by workers and affected communities. Require that in the event of bankruptcy, corporate management pay and perks be withheld until all other debts and creditors are paid, starting with workers and small businesses. This is just a sampling of some of the options open to us. Most of the obstacles we face are in the arena of judge-made law, but historic legislation and constitutional provisions offer us a solid body of favorable precedents.
Much debate lies ahead.
But it is high time we shifted the controversy from whether we control corporations to how we do so. The sky's the limit. Jane Anne Morris is a corporate anthropologist working on corporation issues as part of Democracy Unlimited of Wisconsin Cooperative. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pac. Corporate Crime Reporter , Vol.