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The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

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Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan

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1 win & 8 nominations total

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[uplifting
orchestral instrumental] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[uplifting orchestral instrumental]

It promised us freedom - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It promised us freedom

That if we were released
from constraints - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

That if we were released from constraints

Released to be able to think,
and reason, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Released to be able to think, and reason,

But something happened - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

But something happened

What does it mean
to rule yourself - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

What does it mean to rule yourself

What's really tragic
about the economization - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

What's really tragic about the economization

Where the mandates
of a financialized society - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Where the mandates of a financialized society

[relaxed exhaling] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[relaxed exhaling]

To begin this story,
we take you back to the 2000s. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

To begin this story, we take you back to the 2000s.

Corporations were
being called out - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Corporations were being called out

Absolutely had an impact, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Absolutely had an impact,

When... when I had to consume - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

When... when I had to consume

That was interesting, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

That was interesting,

About 2005, we started to see - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

About 2005, we started to see

Promises such as
100% carbon neutrality, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Promises such as 100% carbon neutrality,

[narrator] Since that shift,
corporations have mounted - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] Since that shift, corporations have mounted

[John] I think there is
genuinely a different dialogue - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[John] I think there is genuinely a different dialogue

That cult of shareholder value - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

That cult of shareholder value

[narrator] Wait,
what did he say? - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] Wait, what did he say?

[narrator] This idea
that making money - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] This idea that making money

[narrator]
This is Klaus Schwab, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] This is Klaus Schwab,

[anticipatory percussion music] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[anticipatory percussion music]

[Sandra] Every year,
Davos in Switzerland - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Sandra] Every year, Davos in Switzerland

It's kind of the first stop
in the elites' - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It's kind of the first stop in the elites'

People who are successful
and make a lot of money - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

People who are successful and make a lot of money

[narrator] But Davos
isn't only a meeting place - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] But Davos isn't only a meeting place

Sandra Navidi
is a Davos insider... - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Sandra Navidi is a Davos insider...

[narrator]
This is Jamie Dimon. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] This is Jamie Dimon.

[narrator]
This is Sanjay Jain, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] This is Sanjay Jain,

[narrator] And here's
the client, Bibop Gresta. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] And here's the client, Bibop Gresta.

[narrator] He's looking
for investors in his company - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] He's looking for investors in his company

Hi, it's Bibop Gresta, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Hi, it's Bibop Gresta,

[indistinct chatter] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[indistinct chatter]

[Sanjay] In 2009, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Sanjay] In 2009,

So, you need to say to Jamie, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

So, you need to say to Jamie,

- [Bibop laughing] No, I was...
- I was telling Tony Blair... - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

- [Bibop laughing] No, I was... - I was telling Tony Blair.....

- [Bibop] How are you tonight?
- You guys have - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

- [Bibop] How are you tonight? - You guys have

- [Bibop laughing]
- He was in a rock band - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

- [Bibop laughing] - He was in a rock band

I don't know what
I was expecting - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I don't know what I was expecting

I discovered
a person that installed - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I discovered a person that installed

I knew what
you've done for Detroit - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I knew what you've done for Detroit

But we are...
we signed a deal with Ohio - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

But we are... we signed a deal with Ohio

You know,
we are trying to contribute, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

You know, we are trying to contribute,

[Klaus] Davos is a place
of interaction, of dialogue. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Klaus] Davos is a place of interaction, of dialogue.

We look at the ecosystem
of what's happening ... - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

We look at the ecosystem of what's happening ...

And us,
it means not just one country, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

And us, it means not just one country,

I think at the end, we are all - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I think at the end, we are all

[looming, anticipatory
synthesizer music] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[looming, anticipatory synthesizer music]

[Valerie] So, here in Davos,
we debated the motion, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Valerie] So, here in Davos, we debated the motion,

Society is demanding
that companies, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Society is demanding that companies,

[Valerie] There is
a new possibility - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Valerie] There is a new possibility

It takes courageous leadership, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It takes courageous leadership,

[narrator] It all
sounds so good, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] It all sounds so good,

The problem is
the capitalist system - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

The problem is the capitalist system

[Elizabeth] There are
CEOs and corporate boards - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Elizabeth] There are CEOs and corporate boards

But the notion that
there is anything inherently - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

But the notion that there is anything inherently

By law, the corporation
exists for one reason: - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

By law, the corporation exists for one reason:

There is no such thing - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

There is no such thing

Corporations
don't have the leeway - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Corporations don't have the leeway

[narrator] What then do we make - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] What then do we make

[John Browne] You always
have to come back - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[John Browne] You always have to come back

Why are we here?
Why are we doing business? - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Why are we here? Why are we doing business?

Values are part
of a purpose of a company. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Values are part of a purpose of a company.

[narrator] John Browne
is a leading voice - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] John Browne is a leading voice

You, basically for
the first time, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

You, basically for the first time,

I think people
are much more convinced now, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I think people are much more convinced now,

His concern for workers
and for people's safety, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

His concern for workers and for people's safety,

[man 1 on radio]
I need an ambulance - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[man 1 on radio] I need an ambulance

Fifteen people died - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Fifteen people died

[news anchor] This is the
second time people have died - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[news anchor] This is the second time people have died

After Texas City,
we were at pains, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

After Texas City, we were at pains,

We were very concerned - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

We were very concerned

It's ridiculous for John Browne - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It's ridiculous for John Browne

It was less than a year later - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It was less than a year later

[news anchor] Technicians
at Prudhoe Bay - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[news anchor] Technicians at Prudhoe Bay

It's the same
kind of thing that led - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

It's the same kind of thing that led

[narrator] Yet BP claimed
it had learned its lesson - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[narrator] Yet BP claimed it had learned its lesson

This company
has got it." - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

This company has got it."

What was so depressing to me - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

What was so depressing to me

And while I wasn't there - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

And while I wasn't there

I could see some
terrible echoes of history. - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

I could see some terrible echoes of history.

[explosion roaring] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[explosion roaring]

John Browne pushed
the largest cost cut - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

John Browne pushed the largest cost cut

You can't do that
without cutting corners - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

You can't do that without cutting corners

[soft, pulsating
orchestral instrumental] - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[soft, pulsating orchestral instrumental]

When given that choice
between doing good - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

When given that choice between doing good

Those trend lines are just
headed in opposite directions, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Those trend lines are just headed in opposite directions,

[Jamie] We are a,
just to make it clear, - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

[Jamie] We are a, just to make it clear,

- [audience laughing]
- And we are making - The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

- [audience laughing] - And we are making

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel poster

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Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan

Writer: Joel Bakan

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Oct 2020

Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations total

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