Ética e corporações: tensões entre interesse público e privado

Abstract

The question of ethics in major corporations is basically related to the immense power that they acquire within current global logic, defining the products to be consumed and the way to produce them on a worldwide scale. As a result of this, they are continually exposed to critical social issues that stem from their decisions, like responsibility for environmental degradation, harmful products in food, unemployment, growing informality and deceitful advertising.