當企業購併國家

當企業購併國家：全球資本主義與民主之死，諾瑞娜．赫茲/著，許玉雯/譯



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消費者運動與企業社會責任



　　讀這本書，我一直想到 Les Miserables...

《Look Down》
Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see
The sweepings of the street
Look down, look down,
Upon your fellow man!

　　作者收集了相當多的資料，對企業與政府展開批判。作者提到了目前大眾傾向於以「非傳統」政治民主的徒逕發出聲音，消費者運動、抗議等，放棄了選票，大眾認為，投票箱已不能使人民的訴求受到重視。但這些手段亦有其弊端：資訊無法完全透明公開；壓力團體無法代表所有人，很可能只代表某些人的價值觀，更可能接受企業贊助；以利益為主要訴求的企業很可能會採取其它的手段謀利，而這些手段對勞工、人民、地球不見得是好的(甚至是更糟的)。

《Do You Hear The People Sing?》
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

　　作提出幾個訴求，以期重新打造全球化，使全球經濟與社會公義結合在一起：

　　一、卸除企業權力。企業捐款給政黨和資助競選活動是對民主制度的嘲諷，只會繼續確保政府只照顧少數人的利益──那是獨家利益，而不是每個人的利益。

　　二、雷根和柴契爾夫人遺留下來的「由上往下分配經濟政策」(trickle-down economics)，過去一直被政府當作春提供企業福利與減稅的藉　口，這種作法必須立刻停止。貧富差距日益擴大，企業緊守著從政府浸貼和減稅得到的利益，不照顧地方，都是由上往下分配經濟理論的明顯反證。

　　三、清查全國企業權力。法規應加強而非鬆綁，甚至還要考量有些公共財是否應收歸中央政府管理。媒體改造、政府與公共事務透明化。

《One Day More》
Tomorrow we'll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgement day

Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!

　　作者最後訴求，協助人們抵抗不公。所有的人不管身在何處，各地勞工和族群都必須有符合健康標準的工作環境，並享有一定的福利；企業解散或解僱勞工時，必須支付合理的遣散費；跨國企業不論在哪裡，絕不能侵犯勞工權益。行事有失公義的企業人士，不論是在天涯海解都得付出代價，而受害者不論是誰都能得到賠償。初步行動為北半球政府進行司法改革、建立「世界社會組織」與「世界貿易組織」抗衡。

《Finale》
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing to the light.

For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.

They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord.
They will walk behind the plough-share,
They will put away the sword.
The chain will be broken
And all men will have their reward.

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing?
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes...
Tomorrow comes!