Editorial
Chris Grimshaw compares corporations to organisms using artificial intelligence programmes which run as software on human brains...
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The psychology of corporate man
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Four corporate characters in search of a sustainable order
Nick Mayhew profiles some of the more recognisable incarnations of corporate man - from the sad and lonely 'Nearly Man' to the widly successful and very dangerous 'Hi Priest'.
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Unilever's Nyall Fitzgerald exposed
Maurice Cheating’dun and Mark Mendacious, until recently staff reporters with the Sunday Times, devote their formidable investigative talents to exposing a former Communist who is now wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting world.
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A breed apart
Where does Corporate Man come from, and how does he live? Jim Hilton peers into the insular world of the high-flying executive to survey the lifestyles of the rich and not-so-famous.
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Men behaving badly
Corporate Man demonstrates his commitment to equal opportunities: "What do you mean, you've got to have a maternity policy? Can't you just give me a list of all the women that are pregnant and we'll sack them before we take over?" Katrina Fox reports.
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Brave New World of work
Things are looking up. Business is booming. The New Deal equals new jobs, new hope and new opportunities in the world of work… or so New Labour would have us believe. Don O’Neal investigates the world of those other corporate men and women - the workforce.
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A new spirituality
Kate Evans’ cartoon comment on climbing the corporate ladder.
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Babylonian Times
Facts, snippets and generally useful titbits from the corporate world.
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Genetics
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AgrEvo on (farm-scale) trial
Now that Monsanto, probably the most reviled corporation in Britain, has retired from the media killing fields to lick its wounds, the scene is set for a new leader to emerge. Mark Lynas turns the spotlight on little known biotech company AgrEvo. |
GM spin-doctor heal thyself!
Gillian Moody looks at the role of Monsanto's PR company Bell Pottinger in lobbying to get biotechnology accepted by the UK's political establishment. |
The Orchard of Dr Moreau
If you go down to the woods in the next few years you could be in for a big surprise. Following the debacle of frankenfoods, the biotech industry now plans to take over the world's forest and replace them with a regimented line of genetically engineered trees. Rod Harbinson investigates. |
Feed for thought
The anti-genetics movement in the UK has been enormously successful in eliminating GM ingredients from our food. So, have you ever wondered where all that unwanted GM soya goes? It's being dumped on Britain's embattled farm animal population.
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Features
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The challenge of June 18th
Mark Lynas comments on some of the ethical implications of the City of London's most challenging day.
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The Wart-Mall infection
The world’s largest and most unpleasant retailer is set to spread its devastating impact to towns and communities across the UK. Tim Concannon makes a diagnosis.
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Underwriting the apocalypse
Michael Welton investigates the UK Government's Export Credits Guarantee Department - which makes sure that the arms keep flowing from Britain to the rest of the world.
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DIY corporate research
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Researching finance
Direct from Corporate Watch's finance division somewhere in the sewers beneath Threadneedle Street, here are a few tips on how to find out who's who in a company's financial support structure. |
Book reviews
Eric Toussaint's 'Your Money or Your Life!' (full version); 'Copse' by Kate Evans; the SchNEWS 'Survival Handbook 1999' and Kavaljit Singh's 'The Globalisation of Finance: a Citizen's Guide' (full version).
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Campaign News
News in brief
Battling biotech
Campaign news
Top CAAT capers
Funky tactix
Anti-globalisation
Karnataka State Farmers Union
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Contacts
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Diary
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