The devil in high heels : drugs, symbolism and Kate Moss Acevedo, Beatriz, Warren, Samantha and Wray-Bliss, Edward 2006, The devil in high heels : drugs, symbolism and Kate Moss, in SCOS 2006 : The good, the bad and the ugly - organizations and demons : Proceedings of SCOS XXIV, Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, [Nijmegen, Netherlands], pp. 1-17. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads wraybliss-thedevilin-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 666.51KB 515 Title The devil in high heels : drugs, symbolism and Kate Moss Author(s) Acevedo, Beatriz Warren, Samantha Wray-Bliss, Edward Conference name Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (24th : 2006 : Nijmegen, Netherlands) Conference location Nijmegen, Netherlands Conference dates 12-15 Jul. 2006 Title of proceedings SCOS 2006 : The good, the bad and the ugly - organizations and demons : Proceedings of SCOS XXIV Editor(s) ten Bos, René Kaulingfreks, Ruud Publication date 2006 Conference series Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism Start page 1 End page 17 Publisher Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism Place of publication [Nijmegen, Netherlands] Summary This paper contributes to critical voices on the issue of organisational responses to drugs and employee drug use. It does so by exploring some of the symbolism residing at the heart of organisations’ relations with drugs and drug taking. Our focus is recent media coverage of, and organisational responses to, the UK tabloid media’s exposé of fashion supermodel Kate Moss’s cocaine use. We use this case to explore symbolic relationships between drugs, sex and femininity, and organisation. Through highlighting these symbolic connections we question further the rationality of organisational responses to the ‘spectre’ of drugs and the issue of employee drug use. We conclude by suggesting that workforce drug testing regimes might be fruitfully seen as mechanisms for scapegoating and sacrifice in order to protect the organizational moral order. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. ISBN 9529966911 9789529966912 Language eng Field of Research 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2006, The Editors and Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041612 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to conference webpage Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Jan 2012, 12:57:51 EST Tue, 24 Jan 2012, 09:24:27 EST Tue, 24 Jan 2012, 09:27:03 EST Tue, 24 Jan 2012, 09:57:27 EST Tue, 24 Jan 2012, 10:06:23 EST Tue, 24 Jan 2012, 10:14:57 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 19:10:57 EST Mon, 11 Jun 2012, 12:13:15 EST Mon, 23 Jun 2014, 15:31:12 EST Wed, 16 Jul 2014, 09:46:43 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:28:24 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:41:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 304 Abstract Views, 515 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Jan 2012, 12:57:51 EST