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The defenders of corporations would argue that governments do legislate in ways that restrict the actions of corporations (see Sarbanes-Oxley Act ) and that lawbreaking companies and executives are routinely caught and punished. In addition from the perspective of Business Ethics it might be argued that chief executives are not inherently more evil than anyone else and so are no more likely to attempt unethical or illegal activity than the general population. Nonetheless, the structures of Bureaucracy and the financial imperatives of Capitalism seem to result in forms of behaviour which are often damaging for local communities, employees and the environment. Anti-corporate activists may often ally themselves with other activists, such as Environmental Activist s or Animal-rights Activist s in their condemnation of the practices of modern organizations such as the McDonald's Corporation (see McLibel ). In recent years, there have been an increasing number of books (Naomi Klein's 2000 ''No Logo'' being the best example) and films ( ''The Corporation'' ) which have (to a certain extent) 'sold' an anti-corporate politics. There has also been a certain confusion of anti-corporate politics with a more generalised Anti-globalisation politics. A well-known fictional anti-corporate activist is Larry Finkelstein on the TV Show '' Dharma & Greg ''. SEE ALSO Categories REFERENCES
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