Counter-Corporateering Kit

In Corporateering, Jamie Court provides not only an analysis of how corporations steal your personal freedom, but a practical toolkit for fighting back. Counter-corporateering means asserting human values in every domain where corporate values have been substituted for them.

Core Counter-Corporateering Strategies

• Identify corporateering in your own life: Use the Corporateering Quotient framework to recognize when commercial values are being substituted for human ones — in your workplace, your community, and your consumer choices.
• Assert your rights as a patient: Know your rights under HMO and insurance regulations. Contact your state insurance commissioner when those rights are violated. Join organizations fighting for patients’ rights.
• Protect your privacy: Opt out of data-sharing programs. Demand that corporations treat your personal information as yours, not theirs. Support privacy legislation.
• Demand legal accountability: Oppose binding mandatory arbitration clauses that strip you of your right to sue. Support legislation restoring your right to legal recourse against corporations.
• Support counter-corporateering media: Subscribe to independent journalism. Support public broadcasting. Recognize corporate media ownership and seek out diverse sources.
• Engage politically: Track corporate lobbying and campaign contributions in your state and district. Support candidates who oppose corporate overreach. Oppose those who enable it.
• Buy consciously: Research the corporate practices of companies you patronize. Use your purchasing power to reward companies that respect human values and penalize those that don’t.
• File complaints: Use consumer protection agencies, regulatory bodies, and legal resources when corporations violate your rights. Documentation matters. File a corporateering complaint →