Adv Org Comm Facebook Case

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What is Organizational Dissent?

Back 1

Effort by individuals of the workplace to protest and/or change the org status quo b/c of an objection to current policy or practice

Front 2

Principled Dissent

Back 2

Call attention to problems of
Ethics
Fairness
Common Sense

Front 3

Organizational Voice: Communication Choices

Back 3

Exit: leave the system
Loyalty: stay and hope the system will fix itself
Neglect: stay and watch the system break down
Voice: Speak up and try to change the the system

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Barriers to Voice/Dissent

Back 4

Nullification - persuade dissenters they are wrong
Isolation (reduce influence of dissenters)
Removal (get rid of dissenter)

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Whistleblower

Back 5

Shares information outside the system
Often a last resort
Focused on matters of public interest

Front 6

Leaks

Back 6

is more covert than whistleblowing
Not as effective for change
Easier to cover up

Front 7

Monitoring

Back 7

Any method of collecting, storing, analyzing, and reporting actions or performances

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Surveillance

Back 8

Monitoring for the purpose of establishing / maintaining authority and control

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Panopticon

Back 9

Power is achieved through the effects of observation and knowledge exerted in a field of constant and unknowing gaze

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Panoptic control

Back 10

The feeling of always being under observation causes people to self supervise
Always on guard, because they don't know id someone is actually watching

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EAP: Employee Assistance Programs

Back 11

Orgs provide free/low cost help to members for personal problems
Improvers workers performance
Decreases personal privacy

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Counter Institutional Websites

Back 12

provide space for members to interact and share information outside the formal boundaries and control of the organizaiton
Usually oppositional

Front 13

Methods/Tools of Surveillance

Back 13

GPS tracking
Video surveillance
Recording phone calls
Uniforms / ID badges
Computer Chips