Firm survival can override personal loyalty and family priorities for its partners
Evidence
“No, Jan,” said Conway. “I haven’t lost a second’s sleep on Beatrice. But things have changed. Now we’re just trying to stay alive. Ten million dollars is an awful lot of money. My first consideration is keeping the firm together, even before my family, because my family depends on that.” — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 2474
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 2474
- XREF: connects to: Intimate relationships can challenge the military’s monopoly on soldiers’ loyalty; Social complexity forces the shift from personal to impersonal, system-governed trust.