Corporations or Consumers, Who is Responsible? The lives and daily routines of many Americans are affected by corporate activities. Corporations provide the basic necessities like food and water as well as luxuries and pleasures of everyday living. These corporations generate wealth for the economy and their shareholders, and provide employment for much of the population. One of these powerful corporations is Philip Morris who manufactures and distributes tobacco products such as Marlboro (Morris, 1). This tobacco …showed first 75 words of 757 total…

…showed last 75 words of 757 total…profit increases for the corporation. Corporate responsibility is not an issue of being responsible of the consumers’ poorly made decisions. A corporation’s mere responsibility is to generate income for the economy and to provide the necessary information on their product. Therefore, it is the consumer’s choice and responsibility to decide whether a product is suited for them or not, and if they are willing to deal with the responsibility that comes with it.