Group Agency and Egalitarian Corporate Structure: The Epistemic, Incentive, and Control Dimensions
Abstract
ABSTRACT What constitutes a good corporate agent? The article answers this question by critically applying List and Pettit's theory of group agency, which emphasizes three crucial dimensions of organizational design: epistemic quality, incentive compatibility, and control. Integrating empirical insights from sociology and organizational studies, we argue that List and Pettit's framework implies a non‐contingent relationship between good corporate agents and egalitarian structures. This article makes two contributions: (1) it enriches debates in the political theory of the firm by clarifying how group agency concepts impact the normative understanding of corporate structures; (2) it strengthens the normative foundations of List and Pettit's framework by situating their theoretical criteria within empirical evidence of organizational effectiveness.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Management and Organizational Studies
Gender Diversity and Inequality
Labor Movements and Unions
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Applied Philosophy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 507–525
- Publication date
- 22 January 2026
- Language
- EN