The glass closet
Subtitle: why coming out is good business
By: John Browne
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper Business; Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780062316974
Subjects: British Petroleum Company; Gay executives; Biography; Homosexuality in the workplace
Description: Exposing the culture of homophobia that still runs rampant in corporations around the world, the former CEO of BP draws on his own experiences to reveal why self-disclosure is best for employees despite the risk.
Notes: "First published in the United Kingdom by W. H. Allen, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House Group Company."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Hide-and-seek : Growing up ; Career ; Coming down ; Starting again ; Reflection; title: 2. Beauty and bigotry : Beauty ; Blame ; Bigotry ; Television ; Worlds apart; title: 3. Deeply hidden : The costs of hiding ; Professional hiding; title: 4. Phantoms and fears : At the tops of corporations ; Hidden biases ; Explicit biases ; Less and less fear; title: 5. Coming out is good business : Hidden costs ; Hidden stigmas ; Markets; title: 6. The benefits of coming out : 'Isn't that unfortunate?' ; 'We all struggle differently' ; Poster child for diversity ; Transgender taboo ; Not everyone is heterosexual ; Even in Japan ; Stereotypes; title: 7. Opinion formers and icons : Politics ; Sport ; Law ; Icons; title: 8. Shattering the glass : Active leadership ; LGBT resource groups ; Straight allies ; Goals and measurement ; Individual responsibility ; Role models and their stories ; Working in conservative countries ; The future; title: 9. Beyond the closet : Liberation.