Exploring the Social Imagination

Monday, December 14, 2020

The Halo Effect in the 'Coporate' Social Imagination...



This is a content analysis that portrays the delusion of corporate entities who think they know what is really going on; its called the Halo Effect.

Entity #1: People, (myself included) have retreated into the safety of their chosen communities, removing us from having to confront realities that we don’t agree with, thus creating an even deeper division among us. However, in an attempt to protect ourselves from toxicity

What does this tell us? It suggests that a group of people (including the employee) exists 'lives' within a larger social group and is yet experiencing a kind of feeling of being assaulted by another group in the same larger social group but that group is somehow a threat. This feeling of being assaulted has no basis thus is a delusion. 

They claim that they are retreating from a reality that they don’t agree with. Yet, they don’t know or can’t describe that reality they are retreating from and what reality they are more in favor of other than their chosen community (corporate world). They say that they do this in order to protect themselves… but from what, we don’t know because we are not told specifically? Toxicity is given but that is really subjective. Does it mean contaminants or pollutants or emotions that they feel incapable of dealing with?

Entity #2: We have to be willing to confront the people and structures that create our pain through our voices, actions and behaviors. We need currents to carry our message, and those currents are often the people who believe what we don’t. Having the courage, empathy and persistence to truly listen to and respect each other is the only way that we will be able to come back together as citizens of the world.

What does confront mean to this person? Physical violence or in a courtroom or on the streets protesting? What is that they believe and others don’t?  How is respect possible if they have no clue or desire to understand those that they criticize? And, moreover, how would any kind of ‘come back together’ as citizens of the world be possible given that many people in the world do not see themselves as such (citizens of the world) and never will. That is naïve to say the least and delusional at best.  

Entity #3: We have a responsibility to each other, and part of that responsibility is understanding the systems and structures in which we exist.

What system is that if not the corporate structure? The irony is that they speak as if they know an absolute objective reality that everyone is in tune with.

Entity #4: We have to take action as a citizen, to take responsibility for our place in that system. It is what it means to have patriotism…

Patriotic about what? The corporate life???

Entity #5: We do not have a system that is fair, equitable or just. The pursuit of a system that is was the fight of the people before me whose shoulders I stand on, and it is the fight of my life now. Of all our lives. We need to come together as people to work towards the truth.

What is fair and fair for all people worldwide? What truth?

The problem for such people and their so called world view stems not from any absolute truth but from indoctrination by a Marxist academia and ideological corporatism (corporate structures). From that, we now have a clash of realities… theirs which is propped up by a fake idea of team pride that builds success (if you can’t put out/you are trying) when in fact only builds a fake community of corporate pride. 

Yes, there are a number of ways that the halo effect can influence perceptions of others and especially in the corporate work setting. As we can appreciate the 'expert' take on this when they suggest that the halo effect is one of the most common biases affecting performance appraisals and reviews. 

The corporate world is taking over the minds of people worldwide that work for them; but, that percentage is limited while yet far reaching since the corporate world reigns over and above most human beings in the place where they are... small town/city. This makes them (corporatese and their ruling elite) feel as outsiders or on the periphery of the majority or in a better position of 'reality' who because of that position actually know what's best for everyone else since they make the things they think everyone needs/wants.

Ironically, in terms of being part of a real system (NOT corporate one) that has vested interest in a place over time, one has to have lived in a place over time, developed standards and traditions. This is not the corporate world. The above testimonies are just mere illustrations of the indoctrination into the corporate world - the global team that generates an unrealistic worldview as it has no place over time for a solid moral and plausible foundation. Today, the corporate world is  truly a world without borders, moral standards and practiced traditions. And, even more ironic, the corporation is really about money, it’s not about the individual or diversity; which they the corporate brats seem to discard.

Sadly, such people raised in the corporate world do not have a broader perspective that past generations have to drawn from: the Judeo-Christian World View – the Bible, Western Philosophy (Marx excluded) or the ideas of a Constitution which offers liberty and justice to all those who uphold it in an imperfect world; and lets not forget to mention they have no clue about the free market which offers the maximum opportunity to be self-determined. 

Again, the problem for such people of the corporate world view is that it stems not from any absolute truth but from indoctrination by a Marxist academia and ideological corporatism (corporate structures). From that, we now have a clash of realities… theirs which is propped up by a fake idea of 'communist' team pride that builds success (if you can’t put out/you are NOT trying) when in fact, it actually builds a fake community of selfish corporate pride.

The ideas of individual liberty, civil rights, democracy, free market, freedom of speech and religion stem from western civilization. Being first introduced by the Judeo-Christian cultures whose worldview was grounded in Christian doctrine and western reasoning/philosophy in the which individual, not the corporation matters most.

Yes, they think the individual matters but only in the corporate context… not the individual who is free to stand alone. Diversity in the corporation is only on the surface… in context of quotas... are there enough racial and religious backgrounds represented here so that people will think they are part of a one world order? 

The greatest mistake is this... to suppose that just because it works in the corporate office or in your town on your street or in your closed community, chosen community, comfort zone...doesn't mean its going to work the same everywhere. Don't put on the halo that you think everyone else should wear. 

Does that seem to go against Christianity and its main task to share the Good News? No, because, the true gospel is a private experience for the one who is among the many when he/she is ready to receive it as the absolute truth. From there you have the means to live in respect of one another. There is no other way except by the Word who was at the beginning, was with God and is God!

 

ONLINE SOURCE ~ https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-halo-effect-2795906

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