Toxic: How Organizations Go Bad, (Hardcover)

<b>The first authoritative account of the specific processes that lead to harmful behavior in large organizations with insights into how they can avoid such behavior</b> <p>While we often read about the scandals organizations cause, we are often left wondering: why do organizations keep causing harm? </p><p>Benjamin van Rooij and Nicholas Lord argue that to truly understand and address the harms we must understand the economic, social, and governmental contexts. To do so, <i>Toxic </i>draws on dozens of in-depth case studies to connect the dots between various scandals and illustrate the deeper toxic patterns within organizations that lead to them. </p><p>The authors paint a colorful picture of the people and behaviors leading to toxic organizations including: <br></p><ul><li>Clarence "Chuck" Manabag, an Oakland PD field training officer who trained his recruits to plant false evidence, file incorrect reports, and cover up police abuse of suspects, </li><li>The role the US Federal Aviation Authority played in Boeing's failure to ensure the safety of its 737 MAX airplanes, </li><li>Volkswagen executives deciding to install emission cheating software in 11 million vehicles, and</li><li>How Monsanto was able to suppress critical scientific evidence of the harmful nature of some its most important products.</li></ul><br><i>Toxic</i> connects the details of these stories with organizational and criminological theories to show what processes lead to deviant and illegal behavior--ultimately, to show how good organizational features turn bad. Accessible, engaging, and full of insight, <i>Toxic, </i>breaks down the warning signs of toxic organizations and equips readers with the tools to unearth and prevent toxicity.

• Toxic: How Organizations Go Bad, (Hardcover)
• Author: Benjamin Van Rooij
• ISBN: 9780807026441
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2027-03-16
• Page Count: 264