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Corporate Personhood May Be More than a Legal Concept

Logo for WSJ.com, which published an article about corporate personhoodCorporate personhood – the idea that business entities may have some of the same legal rights and responsibilities as human beings – is a contentious legal concept. However, in his recent Mind and Matter column in the Wall Street Journal (Our Brains Say Corporations Are People, Too), neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky cited studies showing that as far as the human brain is concerned, corporate personhood is not merely a legal concept.

Quoting a portion of that column (emphasis added): (more…)