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Can Personal Responsibility be a ‘Detachable Burden’?

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In many organisations the general unwillingness to confront sabotage results in meetings, interactions and relationships characterised by an implicit contract that dictates how those involved will behave. Table 1 is an easy guide on how to develop a culture of non-cooperation!

‘When I get to Heaven they will not ask me “Why were you not Moses?”

Instead they will ask “Why were you not Susya? Why did you not become what only you could have become?”’

(Rabbi Susya)

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Stone, B. (1997). Can Personal Responsibility be a ‘Detachable Burden’?. In: Confronting Company Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374553_2

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