Book contents
- Scapegoating
- Scapegoating
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Introduction
- 1 Forms and Types of Scapegoat
- 2 The Scapegoat as an Instrument of Organizational Rationality
- 3 Corporate Scapegoating: The Costa Concordia Accident
- 4 How to Spot Organizational Scapegoats
- 5 Organizations and Law: Inquiry Logics and Policies of Blame
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Sources
- Index
1 - Forms and Types of Scapegoat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2023
- Scapegoating
- Scapegoating
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Introduction
- 1 Forms and Types of Scapegoat
- 2 The Scapegoat as an Instrument of Organizational Rationality
- 3 Corporate Scapegoating: The Costa Concordia Accident
- 4 How to Spot Organizational Scapegoats
- 5 Organizations and Law: Inquiry Logics and Policies of Blame
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Sources
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 introduces the three different forms and types of use of the scapegoat concept: the archetypal figure/sacrificial victim, the innocent scapegoat, and the organizational scapegoat.
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- ScapegoatingHow Organizations Assign Blame, pp. 8 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023