Maybe it's a case of: "When people show you who they are, believe them" married to: "Corporations are people" i.e., they are a business, and if you ascribe

Maybe it's a case of: "When people show you who they are, believe them" married to: "Corporations are people" i.e., they are a business, and if you ascribe (even notional) respectability to them, you're being naive.