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Why employees want to work in vilified industries
In this week’s Bartleby column, there is analysis on why “In an age when everyone is supposed to have a purpose, why would employees who have a choice work for the baddies?”
Reasons looked at include:
Money: “A paper in 2014 found that the bosses of alcohol, betting and tobacco firms earned a premium that could not be explained by those companies being more complex to run, less job security or poorer governance. The size of the premium did, however, line up with periods of heightened bad publicity, such as legal settlements in the tobacco industry.”
Loyalty: “Hostility itself can sometimes act as a kind of binding agent for employees of stigmatised firms. A study by Mr Roulet found that job satisfaction increased at firms that faced disapproval, provided their employees regarded the criticism as illegitimate.”
Reputation laundering: “Firms under fire are practised at turning the negative effects of their products to their advantage. Energy firms argue that the money they make from oil and gas today enables them to fund the transition to low-carbon energy tomorrow. Diageo, a drinks firm, highlights its programmes to encourage drinking in moderation. Tobacco firms peddle cigarettes even as they endeavour to soften the harm caused by smoking: British American Tobacco says that its purpose is to 'build a better tomorrow by reducing the health impact of our business'”.
Source: The Economist, 11 August 2022
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STUDY: Secret behind 'nic-sickness' could help break tobacco addiction
University of California, Berkeley, researchers have now mapped out part of the brain network responsible for the negative consequences of nicotine, opening the door to interventions that could boost the aversive effects to help people quit smoking.
Though most addictive drugs at high doses can cause physiological symptoms that lead to unconsciousness or even death, nicotine is unique in making people physically ill when inhaled or ingested in large quantities. As a result, nicotine overdoses are rare, though the advent of e-cigarettes has made "nic-sick" symptoms like nausea and vomiting, dizziness, rapid heartbeat and headaches more common.
The new research, conducted in mice, suggests that this aversive network could be manipulated to treat nicotine dependence.
Source: Medical Xpress, 11 August 2022
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