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## This paper examines three of the primary structures of thought and some of the situational circumstances that enable and constrain the actions of corporate leaders in the airlines industry. It argues that lawyers and corporate leaders who understand the law and the structures of power in America have a unique capacity to protect and enhance share-owner wealth. Three examples are used to propose a model of force relations in complex, high-stakes situations. This paper will argue that historically contingent structures of thought and situational circumstances-representations of the social order-are implicit in this example and others like it. It will argue that they enable and constrain the legal actions that serve business ends. It will argue that they constitute the medium and the outcome of the actions they organize. And it will propose a model of force relations in complex, highstakes situations. The paper develops in four sections. First, it proposes a theoretical framework that shows how action and order are related. Second, it uses this framework to examine the primary

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Author

TOM HINTHORNE

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0143-2095)

Published

1996

Language

EN

Field

Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)