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Industrial Paternalism

SOURCE: The Drift
6/9/2022

The Dark Underside of the "Family-Like" Business

by Erik Baker

The history of businesses cloaking their labor practices in paternalism is long; the most recent chapter dates back to the spiritual explorations of the 1960s counterculture and the surveillance practices of Henry Ford.

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Industrial Paternalism

The Dark Underside of the "Family-Like" Business

by Erik Baker