Corporate vices are engendered by structure, not by individuals

Evidence

There are certainly conspiracies in capitalism, but the problem is that they are themselves only possible because of deeper level structures that allow them to function. Does anyone really think, for instance, that things would improve if we replaced the whole managerial and banking class with a whole new set of (‘better’) people? Surely, on the contrary, it is evident that the vices are engendered by the structure, and that while the structure remains, the vices will reproduce themselves. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 142

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s structural analysis and to the broader institutional critique themes across the library, plus channels the ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ style structural causation debates. — connects to: Corporate structure shields executives by diffusing responsibility; Corporations resist ethical chastisement because they are not human individuals — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 145; Structural diffusion of responsibility in corporations shields executives and strips morality from harm — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1605 (+6 more)

Related

• Corporate structure deadens and subsumes hopeful individual managers (similarity 0.88)
• Corporations resist ethical chastisement because they are not human individuals (similarity 0.87)
• Replacing bad individuals cannot fix vices engendered by structure (similarity 0.85)
• Capital as cause-that-is-not-a-subject escapes all accountability structures (similarity 0.82)
• Corporate structures insulate top executives while scapegoating compliant middle managers. (similarity 0.81)
• Capitalism shifts blame between individuals and structure to deflect accountability (similarity 0.81)
• Individualistic ethical models cannot grasp how corporations and Capital act (similarity 0.81)
• Blame-shifting alternates between individual scapegoats and diffuse structure to shield capital (similarity 0.80)
• Corporate personnel can perceive immorality yet continue serving enthusiastically (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Structural diffusion of responsibility in corporations shields executives and strips morality from harm #expands (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1605
• Corporate wrongdoing stems from diffused responsibility rather than individual guilt #corroborates (0.95) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 377
• Corporate structure shields executives by diffusing responsibility #expands (0.93)
• Corporations resist ethical chastisement because they are not human individuals #expands (0.90) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 145
• Corporate structures insulate top executives while scapegoating compliant middle managers. #expands (0.90) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1402
• Replacing bad individuals cannot fix vices engendered by structure #expands (0.90) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 142
• Corporate structure deadens and subsumes hopeful individual managers #expands (0.88) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 144
• Corporate personnel can perceive immorality yet continue serving enthusiastically #exemplifies (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 372
• Social structure and individual agency are mutually constitutive, not opposed #qualifies (0.75)