You know what I'm talking about - you see them in films all the time. However, real life corporations often commit crimes against mankind in order to make more money. Coca Cola privatizes much of India's water resources; destroying local agriculture. Nestle supposedly tricked into slavery onto African cocoa farms (and there was also that scandal with the baby formula in the 1980s which I don't know much about). 

Can you name any businesses that have caused great harm to either the planet or to people in order to increase profit? Do you feel that corporations should be monitored more closely to stop them from taking advantage of those living in poorer countries?

All Corps are evil.

Everyone with money and power must be evil, it is the rule

All are evil..

In the latest supremely evil act from a corporation. Philip Morris (the tobacco company) has made a freedom of information request for a university study onto why kids begin smoking so that they can use the data to get kids to start smoking. That my friends, is fucking evil.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8734295/Philip-Morris-tobacco-firm-using-FOI-laws-to-access-secret-academic-data.html

Capitolism dictates that you make the most money you can. This is usually done by dicking over people including 98% of your workforce.

They aren't evil because of money and stuff, also in movies and games the corporations are super dumb and retarded and I am surprised any of them got to be so powerful with such shit business decisions.

On the other hand, the sole goal of a corporation is to make money, which puts it well under government and just a bit under the guy with the mask and holding a gun at the store.

they are evil and the government don't give a crap.

I saw that - they're not even trying to hide it; it's blatently obvious why they want this information, and I'm amazed that they requested it so openly

Corporations as a whole aren't evil, though there is corruption in a few of them. Of course, when this corruption is finally brought to light, people have the ability to to stick it to them by no longer buying their products. And the problem with "monitoring" them is that governments are just as, if not more, corrupt. All it takes is a nice campaign contribution to the right government official and you've gotten the government off your back.

For an example, look at how GE didn't have to pay one cent in federal taxes this year. Guess who's going to be getting a nice bonus for helping GE avoid paying taxes. The CEO, Jeffrey R Immelt. Who's the right hand man of GE's CEO? Obama. And who's going to be getting a nice contribution from Mr. Immelt? Obama. Which begs the question, why is a current CEO of a corporation on a government commitee (probably being paid a good taxpayer provided salary, as well) in the first place? Seems like a conflict of interest to me.