Industrial-strength denial : eight stories of corporations defending the indefensible, from the slave trade to climate change /
"This book tells the stories of eight major campaigns of corporate denial-the lies, delusions, and rationalizations that emerge when people working in competitive, profit-driven group enterprises are faced with powerful evidence that they are causing harm. Tobacco is the poster-child of this ph...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A dangerous phenomenon
- A "more pleasing representation" : the alternate reality crafted by the slave lobby
- "A wonderful stimulant" : radium, risk and responsibility
- "The nut behind the wheel" : carmakers avoiding blame for highway deaths
- "How wrong one can be" : bias, tribalism and leaded gasoline
- "Our free enterprise system is at stake" : CFCs, ideology and manipulated uncertainty
- "Psychological crutches" : tobacco's mass-production of denial
- "Bottom line-nothing else matters" : the financial crisis and a culture of exploitation
- A "deceitful, hysterical, out-of-control rampage" : fossil fuels, climate denial, and distrust-building
- Conclusion: Shifting the social norm toward the public interest.