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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Freese, Barbara (Barbara E.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.