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... There are some people who will go to the extreme to achieve certain results or gain power and control over another. ... However, we will introduce you to fear/power and control and the influences they can have on our social, business, and political lives. ... Within this foundation lies the greatest need for power and control. Unfortunately, in some families, fear can be a controlling factor.
In the family unit, it can be a parent who tries to dominate the other parent or parents who try to control their children. In a dysfunctional relationship, someone will, at one time or another, have some power over the other person. ... If the family is dysfunctional and based on control or fear, this education may be compromised. It is some parents’ understanding that to control a child is in the child’s best interest. ...
Society has even had some control over our family life. ... Therefore, control does not aid in the development of the family. ... Religious organizations are all about control. This, however, is one area of our lives where control is needed for efficiency.
Religion
Power and control are prominent in the Roman Catholic Church. ...
Our business lives
When preparing to research the topic of Fear/Power and Control in American Business, Enron Corporation instinctively came to mind as a perfect example illustrating how fear/power and control was used to influence American business. ... Fear/power and control in Enron Corporation resulted in job losses of more than 6,100 employees. ...
Bad business decisions
While much of what happened is still a matter for courts to decipher, Enron became an example of an American business permeated by corporate power abuse and conflicts of interest. ...
Fear/power and control ran rampant throughout Enron and the companies/organizations doing business with Enron. ... The political myth is used as a method of control. ... We give the myth the power to control our thoughts and political actions. ... This relieves the myth of some of its manipulation and control. ...
Example
A prominent Russian family, “the Bolsheviks”, gained power by using the promises of “Land to the peasants and factories to the workers” and “All power to the Soviets.” When they had induced the workers to support them by making these promises, they reneged on their promises by putting the factories and the land under state control and by making the Soviets into powerless people. ... Of course, it was just another attempt at control. ... A change in the method of production, by using a new source of power, is more likely to lead to a better way of life than any political myth. This is where the real power lies. ... People die in the streets for an unrealized myth, but the politicians and parties gain power and privileges by the resulting changes.
While the myth is such a strong factor in our society, there is little chance of people becoming free from the power of those who are capable of creating myths and adapting them to their own ends.
Approximate Word count = 2477
Approximate Pages = 9.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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