Book contents
- Corporate Personhood
- Corporate Personhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Legal Theories of the Corporate Person
- 2 Philosophical Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 3 Social Science Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 4 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Free Speech
- 5 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Religion and Race
- 6 Abolishing Corporate Personhood
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Social Science Dimensions of the Corporate Person
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
- Corporate Personhood
- Corporate Personhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Legal Theories of the Corporate Person
- 2 Philosophical Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 3 Social Science Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 4 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Free Speech
- 5 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Religion and Race
- 6 Abolishing Corporate Personhood
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Several different social science disciplines shed their own unique light on corporate personhood. For example, the fields of organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, linguistics, and political science all highlight different facets of the corporate person. They speak to the complexity of the corporation, its role in society, and its powerful influence on human thought and behavior. The large, formally organized corporation in particular is viewed as an independent and active agent that develops a distinct identity and position in the world. It is capable of profoundly affecting and interacting not only internally with the human individuals who are its members, but also externally with the world of people who stand outside of its operations. This chapter will explore both these internal and external sociological dimensions of the corporation to illuminate the nature of the corporation as a person from various social science perspectives.
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- Corporate Personhood , pp. 94 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019