Narratives and Sensemaking of an Organizationally-Based Environmental Disaster



Título del documento: Narratives and Sensemaking of an Organizationally-Based Environmental Disaster
Revue: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000411659
ISSN: 1807-7692
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Fundacao Jorge Duprat Figueiredo, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 11
Número: 2
Paginación: 228-247
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Revisión bibliográfica
Enfoque: Descriptivo
Resumen en inglés This work investigates the narratives of corporations, public agencies, politicians, unions, lawyers, public attorneys and community in different public inquiries undertaken as a response to an organizationally - based environmental disaster in Brazil. In order to understand the phenomenon, this paper creates a framework that integrates sensemaking , narrative analysis and theater metaphor . Then we use the conceptual framework to analyze five public inquiries of an ongoing pollution caused by Shell’s actions of producing, storing and dumping toxic chemical products in Vila Carioca, São Paulo, Brazil since the early 1940s. The analysis uncovers relationship s between public management, corporations and society through their narratives, which are imbued with contradictions, revealing how meanings were selected, legitimized, codified and institutionalized
Disciplinas: Administración y contaduría,
Geociencias
Palabras clave: Organización,
Ciencias de la atmósfera,
Impacto ambiental,
Shell Oil Company,
Imagen pública,
Empresas,
Figuras públicas,
Percepción social,
Brasil
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