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A company is a group of people. Why should a group of people be treated differently than an individual?
by thomasrognon 9y ago
A company is a group of people. Why should a group of people be treated differently than an individual?
- jimnotgym 9y agoA corporation is not a group of people, it is a body in itself. This is fundamental to the concept of a corporation. We can consider the rights of the various stakeholders of the company, consumers, shareholders, employees, neighbours and suppliers. But the idea that the corporation itself has anything equivalent to human rights is very distasteful. The idea of corporate personhood is a thing in US law at least, but it is the idea that the corporation is a person, not that it is a group of people.
- thomasrognon 9y agoI don't agree with the idea that any type of company is a body in itself, or that it should be considered a person under law. It's a group of people who work together to achieve common goals. The concept of rights doesn't even apply, in the same way that "society" doesn't have rights. Individuals have rights. Taking money from a company means taking money from the people who own it. It doesn't exist apart from them. Making it seem so just makes it easier to violate the rights of the individuals involved. To me, it's as ridiculous as things like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U.S._Currency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U...