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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by Avshalom on Monday January 27, 2025 @09:49PM (#42848370)
Lions, gorillas don't recapitulate "alpha"s and CEOs are a legal not natural construct.
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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by ninetyninenine on Monday January 27, 2025 @09:58PM (#42848412)
The legal document is a natural construct born out of the moral and behavioral instincts humans have.
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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by fsckboy on Monday January 27, 2025 @10:27PM (#42848548)
CEOs are not a legal construct, that's the "President" of a corp, or the "Chairman of the Board". CEO is a popular sobriquet because it sounds cooler.
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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by Avshalom on Monday January 27, 2025 @10:36PM (#42848587)
Incorporations are legal constructs. Any position in one is even more so.
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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by fsckboy on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @01:09AM (#42849374)
Corporations are required by law to have Presidents and Chairmen. That is the legal construct.

They are not required to have CEOs who therefore sit on shakier legal ground.

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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @03:38AM (#42850151)
> Corporations are required by law to have Presidents and Chairmen

Varies by jurisdiction. Common ones are a president, secretary and treasurer. (They can be the same person.)

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Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray by fsckboy on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:57AM (#42878350)
when companies are big enough (to where CEO actually has meaning), shareholder rights kick in, and there are many additional legal requirements; none of those require a CEO
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