Institutional failures of communication: staff writers at diocesan papers vented frustration at being expected to write from the party line.(Brief Article)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: August 2, 2002| Author: Berggren, Kris | Copyright information

Is it me or are all the recent corporate scandals starting to meld into one big current events cesspool? I can't be the only one who sees an uncanny parallel between the Enron collapse and the Catholic church's current scandal. Each one, an institutional failure of a mostly male-dominated, hierarchical, "don't ask don't tell" corporate culture. But maybe the problem is really a failure of communication: These institutional brands aren't what they used to be. Let me try to sort this...

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