I think we are reaching a point in history where giant corporations are reaching a state-like status where corporate policy begins to have the weight of law in the sense of how many people are affected by it outside the company; corporate public relations and agenda becomes diplomacy with several different states, concerning different interests for the parties involved.

Not that these things weren't true when the corporations started, but as they scale, so does the influence and responsbaility.

It reminds me of the old Cyberpunk 2020 rpg book where corporations have they own law, police, etc.