The Corporation
Question:
“Educating productive citizens,” to a certain degree, has been recognized as the primary aim of civic and citizenship education. Therefore, many schools are eager to prepare their students to enter the corporate world. Based on what you learned from The Corporation and the required articles, respond to the following questions:
(1) What is your interpretation of “educating productive citizens”?
(2) What are your thoughts on schools’ preparing students for the corporate world?
(3) Might “educating productive citizens” strengthen or weaken civic and citizenship education in a democratic society? Why? Why not?
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The Corporation,
A corporation is a legal person that is responsible for distributing dividends to its shareholders. The Corporation offers an explanation of the origin and development of the corporation. You can review the first three sections of The Corporation at YouTube:
What is a corporation?
The Corporation: Birth
The Corporation as A Legal Person
The corporation as a legal person is subject to civil and criminal liability. However,
the corporation’s responsibilities, to a certain degree, are different from those of its owners, directors, officers, or employees. While the corporation is a legal person, it is noted that the power of the corporation as a legal person seems to be unlimited, compared to an ordinary citizen. Noticeably, large corporations have become influential in shaping educational policies and practices in most modern industrial societies. Above all, corporations have played a key role in shaping today’s educational policies and practices.