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In the global economy corporations demand enforceable laws - intellectual property and copyright laws - backed up by sanctions to protect their products. However when we ask these same companies - Cant we also protect the rights of the 16-year-old who made the product - the companies respond - No. That would be an impediment to free trade - Young garment workers in Bangladesh share their experiences working for companies like Disney and Wal-Mart.

8. The profit motive drives the actions of the corporation and creates a mindset of competition and anything goes. Meet corporate spy and self -described predator Marc Barry as he describes his tactics for gathering intelligence from competing corporations. Juxtapose his attitude with Ray Anderson President of Interface - who - in an epiphanic moment - realized he was a plunderer and it was only a matter of time before the law figures it out.

7. Who bears the moral responsibility for the actions of a psychopathic institution? The employees of the corporation can be the nicest people in their personal lives but still engage in monstrous endeavours at work. Can we separate the individual from the corporation?

9. A trader describes the tragedy of 911 as a blessing in disguise because for some people - it translated into great riches. Brokers celebrated the death and destruction of the Iraq war because - in devastation... there is opportunity -.

12. Some of our best creative minds are employed to create illusions that divert us from the real issues and manufacture our consent. Beyond their products the corporation sells us the idea of a better way of life and produces propaganda that affirms their power as necessary for human progress.

6. If we look at the corporation as a legal person it exhibits all the characteristics of a psychopath using a personality diagnostic checklist by the World Health Organization.

10. We used to regard many areas as too essential to the public good to be commercialized - they were protected by tradition and regulation. Now everything is becoming fair game in the private taking of the commons -- land oceans air water education health energy and social assistance. Where do we draw the line.

13. Pfizer attempts to - make the community better - with its own private transit security system. An illustration of how the corporation works behind the scenes to reconfigure public policy to suit its needs - yet the image we are shown is markedly different. Can corporations be trusted to provide public services?

11. Marketing has transformed itself into a sophisticated pervasive force that extends into every part of our lives. Slick advertising campaigns are designed for the express purpose of manipulating children into buying products and training them to become mindless consumers of goods they dont really want. The Nag factor a marketing study that evaluated the effect of nagging was designed to teach children how to nag more effectively. Consumers are made not born.

14. Branding is not just advertising... it is production. It is the dissemination of the idea of the corporation such as Disney building a town called Celebration Florida. They are selling the living embodiment of what the Disney brand is supposed to represent.

15. Welcome to the new world of undercover marketing and product placement. With staged encounters such as passer-bys discussing a hot new CD - advertising is infiltrating our lives in ways we are not even aware of.

23. Epilogue. Victories are being won around the world but are they enough to turn the tide of global corporate dominance? Can we exploit the corporations inherent weakness to pursue profit at any cost - even to itself?

22. The public is starting to fight back and demand accountability from its corporations and an end to abuse. The Kathy Lee Gifford and Walmart scandal brought the issue of sweatshops into the national consciousness - yet they still exist. There is a disconnect between what we do for a living and taking responsibility for the effect it has on our planet. Citizens everywhere are exploring strategies to bridge the gap and regain democratic control. - One should never underestimate the power of the people. -