What Do People Who Work at CNN Really Stand For?
The employees and executives who work at CNN are a thick we — a 21st century community whose shared purposes and goals, shared roles and relationships in the company and shared ideas shape and determine their character as human beings. During their workday, CNN employees and executives depend on one another for significant aspects of their fates as people — from their material well-being in the form of wages and benefits to friendships and social affiliation to their pursuit of meaning and fulfillment. If they or anyone wishes to understand the values — the character — of what CNN employees and executives ‘stand for’, the best evidence lies in their collective beliefs and behaviors. A reliable guide can be found in what the CNN brand stands for — what blend of the pursuit of value (money, profit, wealth) and the pursuit of values such as objectivity, accuracy, free inquiry, dialogue and so forth. Like others in this new world of markets, networks, organizations, friends and famili
