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Observers of American business firms differ considerably in their evaluations of corporate behavior, but they tend to agree that firms respond, more or less sensitively, to information. The more closely captains of industry approximate the rational decision-makers assumed in economic theory, the more complete and systematic will be their quest for such information. The list of corporate concerns that cause executives to maintain abundant files on various individuals is long indeed. Efforts are accordingly made to collect data that allegedly bear upon the security risks in respect to employees, visitors, customers, vendors, suppliers, and even those with whom particular employees may have personal contacts that are not apparently of a “business nature.” The chief recruiter for one of the main medical suppliers in America reported to the authors that he never wittingly loses an opportunity to open a file on a person before he bothers to conduct an interview. |
