Corporations Need a Conscience

The economic meltdown came because the primary edict for corporations was "make money" (aka "greed"), with no regard for ethics. What is needed is to replace the primary edict with "conscience", where doing good and making the world a better place is foremost.

What needs to change is that the "personhood" of corporations needs to gain a conscience, so that corporate decisions are not based on making money alone, but on being good, and decent, and doing the right thing for humanity and the planet.  That would make all the difference, and that must be at the core of the needed transformation of society.

What is needed is a might change of heart -- of the corporate heart -- from greed to good.

And it seems to me that the ingredients are in place to see such a change take place. There is a global consciousness awareness that something is terribly wrong, and "greed" is probably the most frequently-cited word to describe what is wrong. Greed is the catch-all word to embody the problem of corporations whose prime and only directive is to make money. 

"Greed" needs to be replaced with "Good", so that the prime directive is to do what is right and best for humanity and the planet, calling upon the decision makers to be spiritually introspective in their decisions. It is a fundamental change, but not an impossible one.

Every human being has a conscience. What is needed is for that same conscience to be imbued within the corporate bodies.

And with that conscience also needs to come accountability and responsibility. Those who make bad decisions that are seriously detrimental to others, should have to make an accounting for and be punished for their wrongdoings in a fair and equitable way. Principles of justice and mercy should apply to the corporate body as much as they do to the individual. If the entity is unrepentant and stubborn, then full justice should be meted out. If they are repentant and are taking serious measures to remedy their mistake, then mercy should be meted.

What the protesters should be demanding as the primary issue is for corporations to gain a conscience, and for non-repentant corporations to be brought to full justice.

Meltdown

Canadian Broadcast Corporation's "four-part investigation of the orgy of greed and recklessness the drove the world into financial collapse. Only now are the hard questions being asked. Only now are the key players being held into account."

Episode I: The Men Who Crashed the World

"The story of the men who crashed the world: the billionaire mortgage seller who fooled millions; the high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; the ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne."

Episode II: A Global Tsunami

"How the financial tsunami swept the world; the renegade executive who nearly destroyed the global financial system; and the Treasury Secretary who bailed out his old friends."

Episode III: Paying the Price

"Some of the crash victims fight back: in Iceland, a protesting singer brings down a government; in France, a union leader brings about the kidnapping of his boss; and in California, thousands of families become homeless."

Episode IV: After the Fall

"After the fall: the Sheik who pretends the crash never happened; the Wall Street King charged with fraud; the congresswoman who wants to jail the bankers; and the world leaders who want a re-thinking of capitalism."

What You Can Do

1. Tweet, Share, Facebook or somehow pass this on to your friends and favorite news sources.
2. Get the mantras going among the protesting groups: "Replace greed with good"; "Corporations must get a conscience"; " 'Money-only' must give way to 'conscience first'." etc.