‘It’s nothing personal, it’s just business’ – This is the thinking behind nearly every corporation operating in the world today. We talk about concepts like corporate consciousness and corporate social responsibility, but it is time to realize that corporations are not our friends. They are vicious entities that are trying their very best to capitalize on our wants and needs for their own agenda. Corporations have been involved in some horrifying controversies in the recent past, and this list contains 5 examples that perfectly summarize the nature of corporate greed.
5. One Penny Less
5. One Penny Less
Corporations are absolutely ruthless in their negotiations with farmers, even though the farmers do all the hard work. In England, dairy farmers asked for 30 pence for every litre of milk, but the corporations only agreed to give them 29 pence instead.
4. Free Range Madness
4. Free Range Madness
People will do anything if they believe it is healthy for them. A lot of companies have realized that, which is why corporations such as EcoEgg from Australia claim that their eggs are harvested from free range chickens, but they are really not.
3. Go Flush Yourself
3. Go Flush Yourself
Ryan Air decided that it was okay to remove airplane toilets entirely just so that they could save some money, even though it came at the cost of customer comfort.
2. Sickly Sony
2. Sickly Sony
Sony has a long and rich history of producing some great products, and some products that are absolute rip-offs. The way their technology is structured, there is pretty much no way of escaping a bad deal. If you purchased a Sony PS Vita recently, you must have noticed that you had to pay 100 dollars for a 64 GB memory card that is specially made for the device. That’s how they get you!
1. Shrinking Your Wallet
1. Shrinking Your Wallet
A lot of companies such as Twix try to fool consumers by shrinking the size of the product but making it look like it has gotten bigger. Despite the product not having changed in any way, they still charge you more for the supposed bigger bar of candy.