Labour and the Corporation

Sally Wheeler

Professor of Law, Queen’s Belfast

jcls Vol 6 Issue 2 (October 2006)

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Abstract

This paper engages with two theories of the firm - those provided by law and economics and stakeholding - from the standpoint of how they engage with the labour interest. The paper then moves on to look at the nature of work and worklife in the modern corporation. The suggestion is that the reality of work life is not captured by the theories of the firm as they currently stand for the reasons the paper gives. An alterntative theory is posited which builds on the idea of ethical dialogue inspired by the philosophy of Levinas.

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