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The glass closet : why coming out is good business / John Browne.
Lippincott Library HF5549.5.S47 B76 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browne, John, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Browne, John, 1948-.
- Browne, John.
- British Petroleum Company.
- Gay executives--Great Britain--Biography.
- Gay executives.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper Business, [2014]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Hide-and-Seek 13
- Growing up 20
- Career 24
- Coming down 28
- Starting again 32
- Reflection 35
- Chapter 2 Beauty and Bigotry 37
- Beauty 40
- Blame 41
- Bigotry 43
- Television 51
- Worlds apart 54
- Chapter 3 Deeply Hidden 60
- The costs of hiding 70
- Professional hiding 75
- Chapter 4 Phantoms and Fears 80
- At the tops of corporations 83
- Hidden biases 85
- Explicit biases 89
- Less and less fear 95
- Chapter 5 Coming Out Is Good Business 98
- Hidden costs 104
- Hidden stigmas 109
- Markets 111
- Chapter 6 The Benefits of Coming Out 116
- 'Isn't that unfortunate?' 117
- 'We all struggle differently' 121
- Poster child for diversity 123
- Transgender taboo 127
- Not everyone is heterosexual 130
- Even in Japan 133
- Stereotypes 135
- Chapter 7 Opinion Formers and Icons 137
- Politics 139
- Sport 145
- Law 153
- Icons 156
- Chapter 8 Shattering the Glass 158
- Active leadership 160
- LGBT resource groups 164
- Straight allies 165
- Goals and measurement 167
- Individual responsibility 169
- Role models and their stories 170
- Working in conservative countries 172
- The future 175
- Chapter 9 Beyond the Closet 177
- Liberation 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-234) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lawrence A. Medansky Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0062316974
- OCLC:
- 859586320
- Publisher Number:
- 99960776289
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