Keywords
Violence, Business, Rhetoric, Advertisements, Ethics, Culture
Abstract
Violence has become common place in business strategy, taking on many forms. Some use violence in rhetoric as they compete with other companies while others use sell violence as entertainment. Many people are familiar with violence in their organizations. This article looks more into how effective violence is to a company's performance. It examines recent research done by professors at different universities on the subject. It offers two perspectives, looking first at violent rhetoric and then how violence advertisements affects a firm's bottom line. The article finds that exposure to violent rhetoric outside a firm affects employee's ethics more than violent rhetoric used inside a company. It also shows how violent advertisements may actually hurt a company's brand image and bottom line. Overall violence does not appear to be as beneficial as initially thought.
Recommended Citation
Whatcott, Ian Bristol and Fronk, Karson
(2017)
"Two Perspectives on Violence in Business,"
Marriott Student Review: Vol. 1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/marriottstudentreview/vol1/iss1/9
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