The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, and adopted by the United
Nations Assembly in 1948. Looking at history of humanity it’s safe to say that
these documents really do represent a revolution in human development, and
evolution – because this charter do suggest that human beings are to be treated
with care, and given a life of fulfillment. Obviously – as can be seen – none
of the provisions of the charter have been honored in reality – the words that
expressed a care for humanity as a whole has remained nothing but words –
nothing but hope, and good natured intentions. It’s fascinating that it’s so
hard for the leaders of our world to agree upon setting our differences aside
and instead focusing on how to create a world that is best for everyone – yet
history have proved over, and over again, that regardless of how many attempts
that have been made to corporate, and place the best of humanity before the
self-interest of the individual – it has utterly failed.
In this
blog I am going to take a closer look at one of the reasons as to why the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights have become nothing but empty words –
standing as a monument of the failure of humanity to come to a equal agreement
on how we should care for each other, and our world – our common home.
This is
taken from Wikipedia:
Multinational
companies play an increasingly
large role in the world, and have been responsible for numerous human rights
abuses.[57] Although the legal and moral environment surrounding the actions of
governments is reasonably well developed, that surrounding multinational
companies is both controversial and ill-defined.[citation needed]
Multinational companies' primary responsibility is to their shareholders, not to those affected by their actions. Such companies may be larger
than the economies of some of the states within which they operate, and can
wield significant economic and political power. No international treaties exist
to specifically cover the behavior of companies with regard to human rights,
and national legislation is very variable. Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights on the right to food stated in a report in 2003:
[T]he growing power of transnational
corporations and their extension of power through privatization, deregulation
and the rolling back of the State also mean that it is now time to develop
binding legal norms that hold corporations to human rights standards and circumscribe
potential abuses of their position of power.
—Jean Ziegler[58]
In August 2003 the Human Rights Commission's
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights produced draft Norms on the responsibilities of
transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human
rights.[59] These were considered by the Human Rights Commission in 2004, but have
no binding status on corporations and are not monitored.[60]
Problem
What is the
essence of a corporation? In the economic literature it’s given a fascinating
definition – it’s called a “nexus of contracts” – meaning that a corporation is
in-fact a entity consisting of numerous parties that have joined forces to
support their own personal self-interest – and within this they have agreed to
follow the forms of a standard-contract – this contract being the corporate law
that exist in similar forms in countries all over the world.
The essence
of this standard contract as the corporate law is that parties/individuals
invest their money into a legal-entity – these people/parties then become the
so called shareholders– and they are now in a contractual relationship with
each-other – and the clauses of that contract consist of the corporate law.
According
to the corporate law – shareholders are not meant to run their company by
themselves – but they are to elect a board of directors, and also a chief
executive officer (CEO) – these will now become hired by the corporation and be
the henchmen, and forefront of the corporation in the world. These henchmen get
their specific code of conduct from the contract that is the corporate law –
and their main objective is in almost all cases – to ensure that the
shareholders will profit on their investment – in other words – they are to
make lots of money.
So – here
we have to two first parties, and personal self-interests that have been
managed through a contract; the management of the company – and then the
shareholders of the company. These are the most prominent interests.
Then on top
of these basic and fundamental interests of the corporation we have the banks,
as the creditor of the corporation – and the interest of the creditor is to
make sure that he receives money, and surety for the loan that’s been given;
a.k.a. being able to profit on the investment.
More over
we have the contractors to the specific corporation – for example – if a
corporation has it’s specific field in the construction of new houses –
then this corporation must align contractors, and suppliers to it’s business –
in order to get the necessary skill, and raw-material in order to be able to
build the new houses. The interest, and desire of these contractors, and
suppliers is to get paid on the work that they commit to, and also to hopefully
be hired again for a new project at a later stage.
What I am
trying to show with this walkthrough of the various parts that a corporation
consists of – is that it’s a huge spider-web of intermingled, and intertwined
interests of various parties – but the one thing that unites them in their
movement is that – they all want to have MONEY – they all want to make a profit
– and they all benefit when the corporation benefit. Thus – the corporation is
in-fact nothing but a faceless, and anonymous mass of people that are hidden
behind a legal-entity – that have together formed a contract to together make
as much money as is possible. Because remember – that the interests of the
corporation can’t be held accountable for the crimes that the corporation
commit; they are instead protected behind the mask, and entity of the
corporation.
Now – this
doesn’t work very well with Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the reason
being that profit is never free but always comes at a price – and this price is
paid daily by earth, and human beings around the world – that have been abused,
and used in order for corporations to be able to make more money. Obviously
this is what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is supposed to stop –
but this hasn’t happened – and instead the form of the corporation as a
contract between people to make money – allows individual parties to hide, and
become anonymous, and differentiate themselves from the complete destruction
that the corporation creates – and instead say that “it’s the corporation –
it’s not me! I am just a shareholder!” – or “I am just the CEO, I just do my
job! It’s in my work description to make money!”
Thus – it’s
fascinating – that we’ve created a way in this world for people to come
together and without any legal responsibility make money by any means necessary
– I mean – why is it that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights doesn’t
recognize that in essence – a corporation is merely a group of human-beings
that should be held accountable for their actions – and that this so-called
legal entity as the corporation is nothing but smokes, and mirrors that simply
hides the real driving force of the corporation as several interests coming
together to profit?
This is why
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights doesn’t function – and will not
function in this world – because it’s not about demanding actual accountability
– it’s not about demanding human-beings to act with integrity, and respect –
it’s about politics – and where politics enter the picture so does the
incessant drive to earn more money – greed – and as such it’s obvious that this
faceless entity as the corporation has had a say in creating the current
definition and understanding of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights –
in order to protect all it’s various individual parts interests.
Within
looking at this point – it’s also fascinating to see how the corporation is
really a baby that has been breed out of so-called normal, and average
human-beings pockets – because when we invest in a stock – we invest in a stock
from the perspective of wanting to gain profit – and within that we are the
anonymous investor that can’ be seen, and can’t be heard – yet still is a
silent driving force behind the corporation – that acts as the henchmen of the
stockholder – so that there is a return on the investment – so really – we
can’t blame the acts of corporations on anything but ourselves – and by
ourselves I mean us as the normal, and average high-level living standard
human-being – because we’ve invested in and brought this monster to life – and
made it our scapegoat, and our cover-up so that we can commit crimes against
human rights and get away with it.
Solution
A business
attorney called Robert Hinkey has since 10 years back been propagating, and
showing that there is a simple solution towards making sure that the corporation
starts to care for, and consider human-beings, and human rights – and that
is through changing the law of the corporation – to instead of having it’s
primary purpose to create profit – to instead having the purpose of creating
profit but within the limits that nobody must be harmed.
That is
according to me a cool solution as to how to make sure that the faceless entity
of the corporation get’s a face that we can see and make sure does not overstep
any boundaries. And to enforce this point that chief executive officer, as well
as the board of directors can be held accountable if the boundaries are not
respected – I mean – this is already currently done but in relation to points
that involve wasting the corporations money, or not following the rules of the
stock-market effectively – so why not also insist on rules that are created to
serve the betterment of humanity?
The simple
point to understand is that there is SO MUCH we can do to change what is
currently happening on earth – the question we should ask ourselves is WHY
DON’T WE? How come that intellectual revolutionaries such as Noam Chomsky, and
Chris Hedges are able to write books that specifically outlines, and shows the
corrupt nature of our current world-system – yet still NOTHING happens? I mean
– it’s fascinating that so little is happening while the problems are very
clearly shown – it’s like humanity as a whole do not have the ability to ACT on
words – but merely to write down words, read words, and consider words – but
not LIVE WORDS!
And that is
the problem with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – it’s a cool
document yes – but – it’s not been lived! It’s remained as a gesture, and a
hope for a better world – but not a actual, and directive push to create a
world that is best for all in every way possible.
Thus – the
first point the must be established by humanity if anything is ever going to
happen is to realize the importance of action – and that words that are not
taken into living practical application are worthless – they mean nothing – and
will merely remain as a vague hope on a paper that nobody really cares about.
So – the
solution is to first – active ourselves as humanity – and stand up within
ourselves, and our worlds and make the decision to walk a change – and then –
the second point is to change the corporate law – to make corporations
responsible for their decisions, and to enable holding CEO’s and board of
directors liable for their corporations crimes against human rights – thus
making sure that the corporation does not function as a veil to hide from
responsibility.
Reward
In creating
the corporate law – and consequently the corporation – to consider and adhere
to human rights – and enable to hold leading key figures in the corporation
responsible for any crimes against life, and humanity that the corporation
commits – we’re able to utilize the organizational structure of the corporation
as a way to product profit for humanity as a whole.
As such we
can develop, and experience a life wherein production, and profit-creation is
walked within considerations of what is best for humanity, and earth – and thus
produce a life for human beings that are fulfilling, and without stress,
pressure, and wage-slavery. We will have an employer as the corporation that do
care about their employees – and that do care about honoring human rights, and producing
the most effective, and effective products possible.
The simple
point that must change is the starting point – we must wider our horizons and
realize that Life can never be fulfilling when only profit is considered – life
– humanity – and earth must always be considered if not it will lead us to certain
destruction, and a life of competition, and strives – that is not necessary!
For more
information on how to re-form society in a effective, yet simple way in order
to produce a populous that do care for human rights – read the following blogs:
Day 416: Prism: The Secret Agent of the Secret Mind
Day 417: Basic Income and Nationalized Resources
Day 418: Basic Income Can Save Capitalism
Day 419: “The Lord, My God”
Day 420: Basic Income and Minimum Wage - See more at: http://creationsjourneytolife.blogspot.com/p/timeline.html#sthash.inxp5Mn4.dpuf
Day 417: Basic Income and Nationalized Resources
Day 418: Basic Income Can Save Capitalism
Day 419: “The Lord, My God”
Day 420: Basic Income and Minimum Wage - See more at: http://creationsjourneytolife.blogspot.com/p/timeline.html#sthash.inxp5Mn4.dpuf
