CSR

I am working on this assignment & asking the question if CSR is simply an advertising strategy & in doing so I am watching "The Corporation" again.

I find it interesting how a corporation can make more profit in one year than some countries GDP. Theoretically this could mean that a corporation can buy a country, or a bunch of countries.

Think about that for a second, having that much money, having the same legal power as a person, & if a corporation was ever allowed to, & they made that country their headquarters or a vacation spot for it's employees, would it really be the worse then what the current government is doing in some countries?

Also interesting is that most of the companies on the top are in the US, the US has a GDP which is very close to the EU, & the industries which made the most profit recently include: energy (oil & gas), banking, insurance, biotech, telecomm. Canada's top company (in terms of profit) Royal Bank

(side note: yes I did think about if the companies in the movie or in my other research are partners of AIESEC)