ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the nature of perversity and its presence in collective corporate and organisational life. It explores the perverse dynamics found in corporate governance when directors fail to take up their role. The book examines perverse hatred and wrath as these get expressed in institutionalised bullying and abuse. It describes the nature of perversity and its organisational form. The personal and organisational personae displayed through such characteristics as these are the eventual outcomes of an unconscious perverse societal dynamic. Often corporate or organisation members in their private lives carry personal anxieties and misgivings about how they are compelled to act in their working roles. Corporate power is immense, especially in its multinational form. Its influence on all forms of work organisation, via its culture and business dominance is insidious.
