The Values Charade

When Corporate Principles become Weapons of ControlValues - don't worry, we have yours! Walk into any modern workplace and you'll be greeted by the same inspiring words plastered across reception walls and dangling from staff lanyards like corporate prayer beads. ‘Integrity’ ‘Excellence’ ‘Collaboration’ ‘Innovation’ ‘Respect’ ‘Customer Focus’ ‘Accountability’Sound familiar? They should. These seven expressions represent the greatest hits of organisational virtue-signalling, appearing with such monotonous frequency that if you picked any three at random, you'd be hard-pressed to identify whether they belonged to a tech startup, a government department, or a multinational corporation.