ABSTRACT
The partisans of the corporate theory of society– governments, mainstream political parties and the experts of the economic-industrial-advisory complex– have stood firm in their adherence to it, despite the arguments of anti-globalization and environmental campaigners. In Britain in the 1960s, there was a broad economic and industrial relations policy consensus that can be located somewhere between the pluralist community and bureaucratic pluralism worldviews, probably rather closer to the latter. The market community worldview appears to be the dominant perspective among those who make the rules of economic and political life. Simple logic suggests that the corporate theory of society cannot be 'cognitively adequate' if the social and environmental damage caused by capitalism is as serious as the anti-globalization campaigners suggest. From the perspective of the legitimate community worldview, the employment system is not the only relevant environment for decision-making, but merely an imperfect tool that exists to realize a political-ethical vision.
