Business as a System of Power by Robert A. Brady

Author:Robert A. Brady [Brady, Robert A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Business & Economics, Industries, General, Exports & Imports, Development, Economic Development, Economics, History
ISBN: 9781412819022
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Amazon: B01LMHF1D0
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Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1972-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Representatives of Association Members on the basis of one representative for every 20,000 employers or part thereof engaged by the Association Member of a Main Group or a Sub-Group.

Representatives of Individual Members on the basis of one representative for every 40,000 employees or part thereof engaged by the individual members in a Sub-Group provided that no representative is given if the part of 40,000 falls below 2,ooo.28

The Grand Council, which is the legally responsible governing body of the FBI, is possessed of power “to act in all matters in the name of the Federation,” consisted at the beginning of the fiscal year 1937, of 380 members elected by some 15529 Main and SubGroups, 23 District Representatives, and 9 coöpted30 members in addition to the President, Past Presidents and Vice Presidents. Most of its executive and administrative powers, however, are delegated to the Executive Committee.

This body is made up of FBI officials, serving ex officio, and elected representatives from the several Main Groups on the principle of one representative for every 100,000 employees of Associations and Individual Members, subject to the qualification that there should be a minimum of 2 allotted for each Main Group. Special appointments may be made from the districts, and a limited number of coöptations may be added at the discretion of the Grand Council. For the year beginning 1937 the Executive Committee was made up as follows: 5 ex officio; 112 elected; 7 district appointees; 13 coöpted—a total of 137 members.

The significance of this arrangement can be appreciated when it is realized that, as the inner controlling group in the Grand Council, the Executive Committee is in a position not only to control policy, but also to guide the detailed work of the Federation. Most of this latter work “is carried out by standing Sub-Committees, appointed by the Executive Committee. Each Sub-Committee consists as a rule of one representative of each Main Group, with the addition of a few specially qualified members. Each Sub-Committee controls its own sphere of activities, . . . subject to the general supervision and control of the Executive Committee.”31 Special ad hoc Sub-Committees may be appointed by either or both the Executive Committee and the Grand Council to examine into and report on particular problems.

The work of the Federation, detailed through these various committees, deals both “with subjects affecting industry as a whole or which affect more than one trade” and with “particular individual services for members, which are of a more private character.”32 How wide this dual coverage may be can be seen from a listing of the main committees, and a brief resumé of the work undertaken in a few selected cases.

As of June, 1937, the following 14 standing committees were actively functioning:33

Commercial and Company Law

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