Euphemism, Spin, and the Crisis in Organizational Life

by Howard F. Stein

Book Overview

In this book about deception and self-deception in and beyond the workplace, Stein portrays a psychological, ethical, cultural, and spiritual crisis that cannot be reduced to a business crisis. He shows how the language of economics shrouds loss, dread, rage, despair, and brutality in the guise of rational business necessity. For example, the act of ridding a workplace of thousands of people has become magically, euphemistically transformed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567201245
• ISBN13: 9781567201246
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"