Disney and the contracting firm are both corporations.
Corporations do not exist in free markets. They are a product of nothing but legislative intervention in the free market in the form of the Companies Act (the reformed version of the 1850's) and its descendents around the world. Without this interference in the marketplace, corporations in the modern sense cannot and did not exist.
The only reason this kind of situation can arise is because of the nature of corporate relationships, in which the actions of individuals are hidden behind the collective mask of corporate ownership. Otherwise, it would be, "Jane fired Fred from America and replaced him with Amir from India" and the locus of effect would be undeniable.
It follows from this that the lawmakers who intervened in the free market to create the corporate form of collective organization are--or ought to be--held responsible for the overall effect of corporate behaviour. The likely corrective action, as our Libertarian friends tell us, is further intervention in the free market in the form of regulation on this sort of behaviour.
Corporations do not exist in free markets. They are a product of nothing but legislative intervention in the free market in the form of the Companies Act (the reformed version of the 1850's) and its descendents around the world. Without this interference in the marketplace, corporations in the modern sense cannot and did not exist.
The only reason this kind of situation can arise is because of the nature of corporate relationships, in which the actions of individuals are hidden behind the collective mask of corporate ownership. Otherwise, it would be, "Jane fired Fred from America and replaced him with Amir from India" and the locus of effect would be undeniable.
It follows from this that the lawmakers who intervened in the free market to create the corporate form of collective organization are--or ought to be--held responsible for the overall effect of corporate behaviour. The likely corrective action, as our Libertarian friends tell us, is further intervention in the free market in the form of regulation on this sort of behaviour.