Divided Loyalties: Whistle-Blowing at BART (Science and Society; V. 4)
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Rating | : | 4.83 (913 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0931682096 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 397 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-01-10 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Divided Loyalties This book is for the serious researcher on whistle blowing. Many wonderful insights on where we are as nation in relationship to corporations. A wonderful exploration of shifting cultural values and the elements that lead to over weaning corporate power.
Divided Loyalties sets a theoretical context for the issues, traces the incident from its beginning, examines the aftermath of the engineers' dismissal, and concludes with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and private organizations, professional associations, agencies of government, and individual professional employees.. This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare It reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and pro