Response to Geis on anti-corporate polemics

✍ Scribed by Dennis R. Fox

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 153 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199821)16:2<273::aid-bsl300>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

This article responds to Geis's (1998) critique of Fox's (1996) article ``The Law Says Corporations are Persons, but Psychology Knows Better.'' It clari®es points of disagreement, emphasizes the importance of placing in broader context the debate over the corporate legal form's bene®ts and drawbacks, calls for fundamental change in the sociopolitical status quo so as to better meet human needs and values, and defends advocacy of such changes by psychologists. It suggests, contrary to Geis's view, that the possibility of false consciousness about corporate society and other components of the status quo should be investigated rather than dismissed out of hand.