ORGANIZATIONS AS OVERLAPPING JURISDICTIONS - RESTORING REASON IN ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTS

As Stern and Barley suggest, what is social about organizations is cur rently undertheorized given the aspatial character of administration a nd financing, reliance on external labor markets, and the global chara cter of production and distribution. Nevertheless, organizations are s ocial entities and deal with social accounts that accompany and supple ment their legal responsibilities and rights. The concept of ''jurisdi ctions'' provides a framework for considering organizations' social ch aracter in the context of the contemporary economy, while relying on i nsights from classical theorists..