Random Corporation Generator

$name: Cyberpunk Corporation Generator
$author: ???
$description: Originally designed for a rogue-like called "CyberRogue", this generator will create a corporation that you may use for any purpose. You can probably just copy and paste this into an existing setting and nobody would bat an eye.
$amount: 1
$button: Browse the prospectus...

//The data is licensed under the CC0 (public domain): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
//The generator is licensed under the Unlicense: http://unlicense.org/UNLICENSE

$title
History of [corpname,#corp]
Chronicles of [corpname,#corp]
Expose of [corpname,#corp]
Truth of [corpname,#corp]
Understanding [corpname,#corp]
Recontextualizing [corpname,#corp]
The Rise and Fall of [corpname,#corp]
Corporate Virtues in [corpname,#corp]
Greed and Villiany in [corpname,#corp]
Legacy of [corpname,#corp]
Explaining [corpname,#corp]
Society and [corpname,#corp]
Reforming [corpname,#corp]
Analyzing [corpname,#corp]
Understanding [corpname,#corp]
Discovering [corpname,#corp]
The Dreams of [corpname,#corp]

$job
a journalist
a police officer
a private detective
a mercenary
a former employee
a historian
a former Director
a government official
a former lobbyist
a religious preacher
an entrepreneur

$typeofbook
blog
Congressional report
e-book
memoir
audiobook
documentary
podcast
hardcover book

$reaction
soon disappeared into obscurity.
became an instant celebrity.
'disappeared' under unusual circumstances.
was later arrested and found guilty of [crime].
soon served as a consultant for law enforcement agencies.
would be brutally assassinated by agents of [#corp].
would later be hired as a 'consultant' for [#corp].

$origin
[country] hacktivist collective established the nonprofit corporation [#corp], dedicated towards developing open-source [industry].
[country] hacktivist collective, desiring to promote the national interests of their mother country, established the nonprofit corporation [#corp]. To secure funding for its nonprofit activities, [#corp] opened up a business front that specialized in [industry].
former [roguestate] spies established their own private military corporation, [#corp]. [#corp] would later infiltrate several small corporations to secure a monopoly over [industry].
a [overthrow] destroyed the [roguestate] dictatorship. The dictator hinself escaped, along with his considerable wealth and investments in [industry]. The dictator wanted to continue funding his lavish lifestyle so he consolidated all his assets into a nonprofit corporation known today as [#corp].
[name], [country] police officer, established a vigilante group, [#corp], to fight crime. To secure funding for its nonprofit activities, [#corp] opened up a business front that specialized in [industry].
[corpname] and [corpname] agreed to a mutual “merger of equals”, ending their long-running rivalry in pursuit of a common goal. The new entity, [#corp], would start off with a complete monopoly over [industry].
[corpname] declared bankruptcy. Their assets were forcibly seized by a shadowy cabal of investors known informally as [#corp]. [#corp] would later use those assets to engineer the destruction of several other minor competitors to secure a monopoly over [industry].
[#corp] ([country] special operations division), refused to follow orders from their mother country and instead went rogue. [#corp] would later use their military assets to engineer the takeover of several other minor companies to secure a monopoly over [industry].
wealthy philanthropists formed a “nonprofit corporation” called [#corp], dedicated towards [nonprofitaction] [industry].
[#corp] ([country] government agency) was formally privatized to help raise money for the mother country. [#corp] specialized in [industry].
the traditionalist religious organization [#corp] was established, dedicated towards [nonprofitaction] [religiousactivity]. To secure funding for its nonprofit activities, [#corp] opened up a business front that specialized in [industry].
[corpname] successfully infiltrated [corpname], ending the long-running rivalry between the two companies. The newly merged entity, [#corp], would start off with a complete monopoly over [industry].
vulture capitalists established [#corp] to fund innovative [industry] start-ups so as to later take them over and seize their considerable profits.
the [ideology] terrorist organization [#corp] “went legit” in return for legal immunity for their crimes. [#corp] abandoned their political activism to instead focus on maintaining their massive [industry] holdings.
the criminal organization [#corp] “went legit” in return for legal immunity for their crimes. [#corp] abandoned their criminal activities to instead focus on maintaining their massive [industry] holdings.
[ideology] activists established a nonprofit corporation known as [#corp] to help coordinate their political campaigns. To secure funding for its nonprofit activities, [#corp] opened up a business front that specialized in [industry].
[name], [job], formed [#corp], a [industry] startup, after being inspired by dreams about [religiousactivity].
[name], [job], claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and established a popular megachurch, today known as [#corp], dedicated towards [nonprofitaction] [religiousactivity]. To secure funding for its nonprofit activities, [#corp] opened up a business front that specialized in [industry].
[name], [country] general, established a private military corporation known as [#corp]. [#corp] would later use their military assets to engineer the takeover of several other minor companies to secure a monopoly over [industry].
[name], [job], died leaving behind a charitable trust worth billions of dollars. This trust, known today as [#corp], is dedicated towards [nonprofitaction] [industry].

$government
[#corp] is entirely controlled by one person, the [leader], and the Board of Directors is staffed with their lackeys.
[#corp] is officially led by a puppet [leader] but real power rests in the hands of the Board of Directors.
[#corp] is a decentralized entity with each branch of the corporation acting autonomously. The [leader] serves as a neutral arbitrator who settle disputes within the corporation.
[#corp] is officially led by a strong [leader] who shares power with the Board of Directors.
[#corp] is a decentralized entity organized around “projects”. Each project is established to take advantage of a specific business opportunity, after which it is then abolished and its employees are reassigned elsewhere. The [leader] is in charge of overseeing these projects and evaluating employees’ performances.

$leader
CEO
President
Administrator
Chairman
Managing Director

$strength
good public relations
excellent leadership
brilliant lobbyists
magnificent customer service
focus on quality instead of quantity
respect for the environment
generous paychecks and employee benefits
elite military training
technological advancement
strict "code of honor"

$weakness
the company suffers from low employee morale
rumors persists of "skeletons in the closet"
the leadership focuses on short-terms gains instead of long-term survival
factional disputes paralyzes the company
the corporate culture stifles creativity
the corporate leadership is too hidebound to tradition
the corporation relies on nepotism instead of merit in hiring decisions
its fanatical nature serves to alienate it from other corporations
its sociopathic nature serves to alienate it from the general public
the corporate bureaucracy is horribly inefficient

$personality
The company entered a [period|era|age] of [prosperity|growth|profitablity] [due to|because of] its [strength]. However, [weakness].

$support
Recently, [#corp] declared its open support for unhindered technological research, thereby gaining the support of transhumanists.
[#corp] started sponsoring the counterculture movement, in the hopes of tapping the “outcast” market demographics.
[#corp] began marketing directly to the youth demographic by exploiting viral marketing tactics.
[#corp] announced its belief that technological research has gone “too far”, thereby gaining the support of Luddists.
To ward off bad publicity, [#corp] inaugurated a “corporate social responsibility” program. Though the program is mostly corporate whitewashing, it did succeed in convincing many people that [#corp] is a force for good.
[#corp] started targeting the wealthy elite by selling luxury products.
[#corp] started selling budget products to the working class.
[#corp] infamously led a witch-hunt against mutants and AI in the hopes of pandering to the prejudices of the general population.
[#corp] decided to openly protect mutants and AI in the hopes of gaining their support and valuable talents to use against their competitors.
[#corp] launched a global spy program designed to gain useful market intelligence that could be used to tailor their advertising to potential clients.

$conflict
[corpname] declared bankruptcy. Both [corpname,#rival] and [#corp] claimed control over their assets, leading to a gang war between the two sides that threaten to spiral out of control.
[corpname,#rival] accused [#corp] of [espionage] and has released evidence proving that charge. Revenge is being openly considered.
[#corp] lost much of its market share to [corpname,#rival] due to the latter's use of [marketshare].
[corpname,#rival] hacked into the computer systems of [#corp], stealing [hacking]. This has considerably harmed [#corp]'s business.
[corpname,#rival] cancelled a valuable contract with [#corp], claiming that the goods were shoddy. This caused a chain reaction, and buyers for [#corp]'s products dried up.
law enforcement raided the offices of [#corp] and arrested some of their directors for [crime]. [#corp] claimed that they were framed by [corpname,#rival] and vowed revenge.
antiglobalization protesters raided the offices of [#corp], stealing [hacking]. [#corp] blamed [corpname,#rival] for funding and training the protesters and vowed revenge.

$bailout
[#corp] signed an alliance with [corpname,#friend] with the explicit purpose of taking down their common enemy: [#rival]. Both corporations became close friends as a result of this cooperation.
[#corp] agreed to share their intellectual property with [corpname,#friend].
[#corp] participated in a cross-promotional advertising with [corpname,#friend] campaign designed to boost profits for both companies.
[#corp] would hire agents to blackmail the [leader] of [corpname,#friend], thereby securing some assets from the company.
[#corp] established a joint venture with [corpname,#friend] and agreed to share any revenue made by this project.
[#corp] sadly agreed to sell some of its industrial assets over to [corpname,#friend].
[#corp] would work with [corpname,#friend] on a lobbying campaign to convince the federal government to give them subsides. Both corporations became close friends as a result of this cooperation.
[#corp] negotiated a major agreement with [corpname,#friend]. The latter would exclusively use [#corp] products and services instead of their competitors’.

$hacking
credits
blueprints
technology
blackmail material

$nonprofitaction
disseminating
administrating
coordinating
providing access to
optimizing
producticizing
promoting
recontextualizing
revolutionizing
simplifying
synergizing
synthesizing
supplying
utilizing

$religiousactivity
faith
piety
social justice
equality
morality
prayer
God
the Eschaton

$country
a Russian
an American
a Chinese
a European
an Indian
a Brazilian
a South African
a Japanese

$roguestate
Syrian
North Korean
Burmese
Iranian
Cuban
Afghan
Eritrean
Sudanese

$overthrow
popular uprising
civil war
military coup
series of non-violent protests
military intervention by the United States

$ideology
fascist
communist
anarchist
libertarian
liberal
conservative
centrist
social democrat

$crime
insider trading
bribing government officials
assassinating government officials
tax evasion
violating labor laws
fraud

$marketshare
competitive pricing
cutting-edge advertising
assassinations
economic sabotage
hackers to steal confidential memos and blueprints
blackmail of key employees

$espionage
stealing blueprints
leaking confidential memos
poaching their employees
killing their employees
blackmailing their employees
blowing up their Corporate HQ
economic sabotage

//From http://robertwdempsey.com/liindustries
$industry
Accounting
Airlines/Aviation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Medicine
Animation
Apparel & Fashion
Architecture & Planning
Arts & Crafts
Automotive
Aviation & Aerospace
Banking
Biotechnology
Broadcast Media
Building Materials
Business Supplies & Equipment
Capital Markets
Chemicals
Civic & Social Organization
Civil Engineering
Commercial Real Estate
Computer & Network Security
Computer Games
Computer Hardware
Computer Networking
Computer Software
Construction
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Goods
Consumer Services
Cosmetics
Dairy
Defense & Space
Design
Education Management
E-learning
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing
Entertainment
Environmental Services
Events Services
Executive Office
Facilities Services
Farming
Financial Services
Fine Art
Fishery
Food & Beverages
Food Production
Fundraising
Furniture
Gambling & Casinos
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
Government Administration
Government Relations
Graphic Design
Health, Wellness & Fitness
Higher Education
Hospital & Health Care
Hospitality
Human Resources
Import & Export
Individual & Family Services
Industrial Automation
Information Services
Information Technology & Services
Insurance
International Affairs
International Trade & Development
Internet
Investment Banking/Venture
Investment Management
Judiciary
Law Practice
Legal Services
Legislative Office
Leisure & Travel
Libraries
Logistics & Supply Chain
Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Machinery
Management Consulting
Maritime
Marketing & Advertising
Market Research
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Media Production
Medical Device
Medical Practice
Mental Health Care
Military
Mining & Metals
Motion Pictures & Film
Museums & Institutions
Music
Nanotechnology
Newspapers
Nonprofit Organization Management
Oil & Energy
Online Publishing
Outsourcing/Offshoring
Package/Freight Delivery
Packaging & Containers
Paper & Forest Products
Performing Arts
Pharmaceuticals
Philanthropy
Photography
Plastics
Printing
Professional Training
Program Development
Public Policy
Public Relations
Public Safety
Publishing
Railroad Manufacture
Ranching
Real Estate
Recreational
Facilities & Services
Renewables & Environment
Research
Restaurants
Retail
Security & Investigations
Semiconductors
Shipbuilding
Sporting Goods
Sports
Staffing & Recruiting
Supermarkets
Telecommunications
Textiles
Tobacco
Translation & Localization
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Utilities
Venture Capital
Veterinary
Warehousing
Wholesale
Wine & Spirits
Wireless
Writing & Editing

#Name and Corpname came from my old generator: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=jDryXCLa
$name
Unathi
Enu
Mayamiko
Taonga
Simba
Cal
Sheldon
Bentley
Johnathan
Crawford
Roxane
Cheryl
Barbara
Stephanie
Mackenzie
Dana
Furaha
Abeni
Mchumba
Eshe
Kumukani
Tapiwa
Zhenya
Testiliya
Antonina
Boleslava
Manya
Vaska
Germogen
Bronislav
Maxim
Prokopy
Martin
Pasha
Kaede
Osamu
Hachiro
Shiori
Souta
Jirou
Nanami
Hikaru
Yuuka
Chika
Kiku
Tai Lin
Chin Tai
Lim Bao
Chun Tai
Zan Jiang
Xue Jian
Hua Qiu
Huan Li
Li Wu
Sue Xe
Zhi Shui
Wen Jia
Leberchet
Harmut
Falk
Wolfgang
Gotthold
Catrin
Marlen
Sonja
Amelia
Maja
Jan
Herbert

$corpname
York Productions
Progressive Services
Apex Frontiers
Lumodigitial
EuchreJack Enterprises
Radio Control
Solar of Brussels
Technomatics
Psychobank
Bionautics
Inclusive Industries
Global Omnium
Barthes LLC
Left Hand
Mirai
Fountainhead
Interglobal
Wellington-Yamashaki Incorporated
Polyhederal Dynamics
Baudrillard Associates
United Process Control
Obelisk
Zik Zak
Einmischung GmBH
Synergy Dynamics
Hamilton Fabridigital
Klein Fabrications
Integral Technologies
Porphyria Ltd.
Blade Industries
Inspire Incorporated
Goldmund-Teller
Bachman and Associates
Lucid Dreams
Gellar-Cuzin
Madsen Group
Liberation Consortium
The Tao
New Epoch
Sphinx Inc.
The Unguided
Panafrican Solutions
Kenshiro CyberSystems
Matsundai
Meliorists
Eurasianists
United Solidarity

$story
<h2>[title]</h2><p>This [typeofbook] was written by [name,#author], [job]. [#author] [reaction]</p><h3>Synopsis:</h3><p>In [2016-2025], [origin] [government]</p><p>[personality] [support]</p><p>In [2026-2030], [conflict] [To raise funds|To forestall bankruptcy|To boost company morale|To save the company from extiniction], [bailout]</p><p>[#author] predicts that the corporation will declare bankruptcy in [2031-2035] and its assets would be [seized by [#rival]|taken over by [#friend]|nationalized by the federal government|be a 'hot spot' for future conflict between the corporations|destroyed].</p>