Corporate Evil

Just wondering how a collective entity such as a corporation can be considered 'evil'?

Most people know what my stance is on issues like this, but just wondered if it's a helpful label...?

Could be an interesting debate on personal vs. collective responsibility at any rate...

It might be a simplification to say a whole corporation is evil, but there is definite evil going on there -

who made the decision to offload the toxic waste when they knew the risks to human life? Who, once that decision had been made, subsequently covered it up? who fought the fight to deny compensation for those maimed by the waste? People who put all morals aside in pursuit of the bottom line. People happy to let children die for more money, or to shield and enable those that do so. Evil-doers. And evil-enablers.

Is the receptionist at Trafigura evil? probably not. Probably he's a lovely fellow who loves his mum and pays his taxes. He may even ride fixed and post on here and come out for social rides.

But after he learns what his bosses are up to, even if he stays because he needs to pay the rent and he's got a kid on the way or something, he has been to some small degree infected with their evil because he has to tolerate it, even if he doesn't have a choice. Of course he might just not give a shit.

But to me, it does boil down to Trafigura being evil and in need of calling out and scrutinising.