I've just finished reading Joel Bakan's 'The Corporation' and I absolutely loved it. The book discusses the pressing issue of corporate power in america and its implications on the environment, democracy and the human social condition. Bakan notes the primary fault in the corporate design is that the corporation's primary and only obligation is to the bottom line, and that it's in fact illegal for officers of a corporation to act in a socially responsible way if it hurts the bottom line. I want to know if anyone out there sees a solution in sight for corporate greed and irresponsibility.

This is my first semester at university and I'm sure like others I'm finding some things very difficult. One arguement I am constantly having with my professors and tutors is over non-scholarly references. They pine and complain about references like wiki-pedia telling us they are terrible and to never use them for anything, but I just cant buy it. In our glorious age of information sharing does a masters degree really give your thoughts that much more value? Think about the amazing database of information contained in Takingitglobal, all of it according to my professors at least worthless because its not listed in a horribly boring scholarly journal that no one will ever read. what do you see as the future of higher education in a world in which information is so readily available at virtually no cost?