Estimating Uncertainty and Interpretability in Deep Learning for Coronavirus
Biraja Ghoshal, Allan Tucker · Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London) · 2020
This study examines how organizational failure can result from collective denial.The rise of this phenomenon is examined using testimony from a Public Inquiry into the downfall of a UK hospital, where falling organizational standards led to unethical decision making and an unacceptable number of patient deaths.In this paper we show how collective denial, over time, became a process that resided within the fabric of organizational life.To explore the organizational processes associated with collective denial, and how and why it occurs, we identify a 'narrative of silence'.This narrative allows ever more serious failings to be justified as organizational members lose contact with reality and enter a downward spiral with no recovery.The paper suggests narratives of silence, and the resulting collective proliferation and normalization of denial, is greater in organizations characterized by leader-endorsed hubristic ideologies, resource pressures and the collective desire to maintain an outwardly good impression.