ABSTRACT

This paper conceptualizes the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) as a weapon of epistemic violence to kill the victims’ knowledge of instances of misconduct and discrimination in organizations. It is proposed that the death of this knowledge is not absolute, it becomes a ghostly presence that both haunts the victim and enables the victim to reclaim some epistemic justice by becoming a haunter, warning others of the threats that survive them. This paper proposes new links in relation to the social and symbolic use of NDAs to help us understand the imperfect suppression and privileging of knowledge in organizations. The ghostly is a conceptual tool to enable symbolic analysis of the practices involved in and resulting from the implementation of NDAs.

摘要

本文将使用保密协议（NDA）作为认知暴力的一种工具来概念化，以杀死受害者对组织中不当行为和歧视事件的了解。有人提出，这种知识的消失不是绝对的，它成为鬼魂的存在，既困扰着受害者，又使受害者成为缠身者，从而恢复了一些认识论上的正义，警告其他人生存下来的威胁。本文提出了与NDA的社会和符号使用相关的新链接，以帮助我们了解组织中知识的不完美抑制和特权化。虚幻的是一种概念工具，可以对NDA实施中产生的实践进行符号分析。