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The corporate cock 

The corporate cock is your boss, or bosses, within a corporate business context.
I hate the corporate cock. If it didn't pay so damn well I would shove this job up his ass.

The Corporate you

The corporate you is defined as talking to any employee as though they are the business as a whole. Example of the corporate you: "Excuse me, do you have any more of these in stock?"

It is like the opposite of the royal we. Its when you use the word "you" to an employee, but you arent referring to them personally, you are talking about the business using the employee as a stand in, because the corporate entity is not alive and cannot hear or answer for itself
Example of the corporate you: "Excuse me, do you have any more of these in stock?"

sucking the corporate cock 

sucking the corporate cock refers to bending over and taking it up the ass for your job at a corporation.
When you are nothing but a yes-man for your boss, then you are definitely sucking the corporate cock.

climb the corporate ladder 

To move up in the hierarchy of a corporation.

A 'ladder' is a device with steps used to 'climb' (or move) up and down, so the 'corporate ladder' is the series of steps people go through as they gain more power in a corporation and 'rise to the top' - from file clerk up to president.
You have to work very hard if you want to climb the corporate ladder.

climbing the corporate ladder

This pharse refers to moving up in rank within a particular field or business. If someone "climbs the corporate ladder" to the top, they started out at the bottom (stockboy, mail clerk, etc) and ended up at the top (CEO, CFO, vice pres., etc.)
Tim lived the American Dream. He started out as a desk clerk and climbed the corporate ladder to the top. He is now a CEO in the same field that he had started out in.

tow the corporate line 

Somebody who thinks anything that corporate thinks of is the greatest idea. One who acts as the mouthpiece for a company that really sucks.
Jerry used to be one of us but now all he does is tow the corporate line.
tow the corporate line by hotrear August 25, 2010