Like Frankenstein's monster, the corporate system did not develop through evil intent. Its harmful effects are the product of centuries of seemingly benign activities, undertaken by ordinary people merely doing their job. But their direction comes from a perverse scorekeeping system that has become the soul of the soulless corporation. It is a flawed scorekeeper. This scorekeeper is concerned only with the private interests of stockholders, and ignores all other stakeholders.
Tyranny shows how to fix the scorecard.
It lays out a practical, specific program for a system that will account for the effects of corporate actions on all stakeholders, and so empower them to hold corporations and their managers fully responsible for their actions. Corporate accountability will not cure all the ills of the corporate system. Tyranny of the Bottom Line will help put a human face on capitalism. Tyranny of the Bottom Line cannot be ordered from the Center for Advancement of Public Policy or from Ralph Estes. No longer responsible to society, corporations now exercise great power without accountability.