According to Deetz, our obsolete understanding of communication processes and power relations prevents us from
seeing the corporate domination of public decision making. For most people issues of democracy, representation,
freedom of speech, and censorship pertain to the State and its relationship to individuals and groups, and are
linked to occasional political processes rather than everyday life decisions. This work reclaims the politics of
personal identity and experience within the work environment as a first step to a democratic form of public decision-making
appropriate to the modern context.