Corporations are an integral part of our society and are highly influential in political, environmental and social arenas. We have all heard of oil spills, toxic dumping, and sweatshops, but the problems are deeper than these symptoms and are not widely understood. In this course you will learn the basic structure and functions of corporations as well as some of the darker secrets behind corporate practices. We then explore the “new transparency movement” made possible by information technology, and the new market mechanism of ethical consumption it has spawned. Learn how collective consumer buying power is affecting which companies are more successful than others.