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NUMEROUS AUTHORS HAVE ATTESTED TO THE INCOMPLETENESS OF MOST POLICY ARGUMENTS. UNTIL NOW, HOWEVER, THE MACHINERY HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR DEALING WITH COMPLEX AND OPENENDED POLICY ARGUMENTS. THIS PAPER SYNTHESIZES AND EXTENDS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LOGIC OF ARGUMENTATION AND SYMBOLIC LOGIC TO CREATE A METHODOLOGY FOR TREATING COMPLEX ARGUMENTS.

The recent data controversy with Facebook highlights that the tech industry as a whole was utterly unprepared for the backlash it faced as a result of its business model of selling user data to third parties. Despite the predominant role that technology plays in all of our lives, the controversy also revealed that many tech companies are reactive, rather than proactive, in addressing crises. This book examines society's failure to manage technology and its resulting negative consequences. Mitroff argues that the "technological mindset" is responsible for society's unbridled obsession with technology and unless confronted, will cause one tech crisis after another. This trans-disciplinary text, edgy in its approach, will appeal to academics, students, and practitioners through its discussion of the modern technological crisis

It's all about assumptions : the critical role of an applied epistemologist -- Doing what is right : the role of an applied ethicist -- Think like a system : be an applied systems thinker -- Thinking like a crisis manager -- Wisdom : how the leaders of purpose-driven organizations manage from their values -- Applied epistemology, part 2 -- Assumptions and stakeholders revisited

pt. 1. Acknowledging soul and spirit. Park it at the office door. The unacknowledged soul of corporate America. A strange but formidable alliance. Barriers to studying and defining spirituality -- pt. 2. Auditing soul and spirit. The divided soul of corporate America -- pt. 3. Models for fostering spirituality -- pt. 4. Taking over your company for Christ. The religion-based organization. Called to spirituality : the evolutionary organization. Shaking off addiction : the recovering organization. For the betterment of society : the socially responsible organization. We are family. The values-based organization -- pt. 4. A plan for spiritual development. Best-practice model

AbstractOne of the greatest challenges facing crisis management is the cold hard fact that the most disparate and seemingly unrelated crises have a strange way of linking up and thus of doing even greater damage than if they had occurred simply and solely by themselves. It thereby poses an even greater challenge to what we not only take as reality, but how we manage it.