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What does it mean?
The public fears large corporations using unethical tactics to control industry and ruin fair chances for others.
In plain terms
Big businesses should not dominate industry or break rules.
What can you take from it?
Watch out for corporate power harming equal opportunity.

Where it applies

  • antitrust hearings
  • consumer advocacy
  • market regulation

Putting it to work

  • enforce competition laws
  • audit corporate practices
  • support small business

Questions to consider

  • How do we define unethical practices?
  • When does size become dominance?

Another view

Not all large units act unethically or dominate unfairly.

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