Word: paternalisme
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Group Trips. Individualism may be on the rise, however, now that more and more Japanese corporations are discarding their traditional paternalism. Tensions and anxiety are certainly increasing among the Japanese. But instead of setting up psychiatric care for their executives and workers, the corporations have begun subsidizing group trips to...
For years Poniatowski had been a vocal and witty critic of the Gaullist party, though it was a role that he found somewhat difficult to play after Pompidou named him Health Minister 14 months ago. He complained that the party's paternalism was becoming mere arrogance, that France itself...
Eventually, as the evolving natural paternalism of colonialism attacked slavery, tribal warfare, illiteracy, and some grosser forms of oppression, a westernized class of Africans arose. In this segment of westernized Africans--which generally came to resent both exploitation and paternalism--the roots of nationalism in Africa began to arise in...
Japanese-style corporate paternalism is strong. Y.K.K. provides cut-rate bus service for employees, and Minami is forever throwing morale-boosting, all-hands-welcome parties at the Esso Motel in Runcorn. After work on Fridays, the Japanese make a point of dropping into Tanner's Pub near the plant...
Nevertheless, some of the performances are fun to watch. Dyan Cannon plays a brassy, bitchy manager, joyfully screwing Coburn and half the crew. You never know whether to toss Cannon off as the sexy starlet "dumb broad" type, or look for intelligence behind her unabashed flattery. She manages to maintain...