Kigyo Sakaete, Warera Hihei Su Kaisha Ha Dare No Tame Ni Aru No Ka

[Machine Translation] Japanese companies, afflicted by the fever of global management and market fundamentalism, place the highest priority on numerical management indicators, and in order to prioritize profit, they pass on to society the costs that should be borne by the company. In this way, only the corporations are prosperous and wealthy, while people are losing employment and livelihood stability, and the exhaustion of a society with many non-regular employees is becoming more and more serious. What on earth are corporate activities for? For whom do companies exist? Beginning with an examination of the Nomura Securities scandal during the bubble era, this report examines the realities of such major corporations as Matsushita Electric, Sony, and Nissan Motor, which have attracted public attention for their commitment to management, and reveals the deep-seated problems facing Japanese companies today.

グローバル経営や市場原理主義の熱病に冒された日本企業は、何よりも経営指標の数値を重視し、利益最優先のために本来は企業が担うべきコストを社会に付け回している。こうして数値上では企業ばかりが富み栄え、人々は雇用と生活の安定を失い、多くの非正規雇用者を抱える社会の疲弊はますます深刻化している。いったい何のための企業活動なのか。会社は誰のために存在するのか。バブル期の野村證券スキャンダルの検証に始まり、松下電器やソニー等の大企業、コミットメント経営で耳目を集めた日産自動車等々の企業の実態をつぶさに検証し、現在の日本企業がかかえている病巣を明らかにする。