Product Description This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on August 7, 1989. The length of the article is 951 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: Medical Imaging Centers of America Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts) (company profile) Publication:San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal) Date: August 7, 1989 Publisher: CBJ, L.P. Volume: v10 Issue: n3 Page: p29(1)
Directed by Emil Chiaberi and produced by Oscar and Emmy winner James Moll, this feature-length documentary examines the growing phenomenon of spree killings in the United States. The film explores the basic question of what brings a seemingly normal person to the point of committing mass murder. It examines the complex interplay of personal and societal factors leading up to incidents of workplace massacres, starting with the earliest post office massacre in 1986. What drives people to kill this way, what pushes them over the edge? Why all the bloodshed, and why now? And what is it about US Postal Service that made it a poster boy for workplace massacres? America has witnessed widespread changes over the last 50-years, along with a profound transformation of the relationship between the individual and society. Could this shift have resulted in unseen forces, both within the workplace and outside of it, that are propelling this epidemic of mass murder? The film shows how transformation of the US Postal Service from a government agency into a corporation a created stressful workplace environment filled with increasingly anxious and unhappy employees and, eventually, resulted in unprecedented bloodshed. But this transformation hasnt occurred in a vacuum. It also represents the world outside the post office corporate America itself. Whether inside a cubicle, behind a counter or on the factory floor the modern-day workplace has become a nerve-racking place. As Murder by Proxy …
