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- Corporations are/are not People
Catchy title. Reminds me of “Soylent Green”, that sci-fi predictor of things to come. And there are some similarities. Thanks to the marginalia of some diligent law clerk 100 years back, US corporations acquired the legal status of people. But, unlike people, corporations are encouraged to indulge in bad behavior: the kind that families recognize [...]
- Thinking Out Loud: Making Explicit Individual & Organizational Similarity
An ongoing interest of mine is in linking the similarities across different psychological systems. Individual, group, and organizational systems share a number of common attributes. These include: a recognizable systemic identity; distinct rituals and practices; differences between the subject and other entities; specific intra-system roles and specializations; a capability to change; the fact that change [...]
