Anonymity/Identity
Showing loyalty to your criminal organization through silence
Omerta
Either of the two terrorist organizations described as Dark in the book
National Socialist Underground or Continuity Irish Republican Army
Companies that shy away from publicity and prefer to stay hidden so no one notices their market niche
Hidden Champions
The well known secret society that is moderately shadowed from it's location at Yale
Skull and Bones
Operations designed to hide the identity of the sponsoring organization
Covert
Reputation
Roman Catholic Church and Royal Dutch Shell, for example
Transparent Organizations
The main way that Moderately Shaded organizations, like the IRS, differ from transparent ones in Scott's framework
Members are silent
Examples might include AA, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous, but not the KKK
12-step Support Groups
Other names include parallel, underground, shadow, and unregulated
Informal Economy
These are the two core aspects of being anonymous
Unknown and Unspecified
East Side Club and West Side Club are names of what type of Dark organization
Men's Bathhouses
Moderately shaded organization known as both a social movement and an ecoterrorist group
Earth First!
The number of dimensions in Scott's model along which Shadowed organizations are hidden/concealed
2
No visible leadership structure, private ownership, and smaller size are examples of what category of organizational concealment strategies?
Administrative
When a message source is revealed to a few others who agree not to reveal it more widely
Confidential (or confidentiality)
The three key dimensions of the framework in Scott's book for describing organizations and their level of hiddenness
Organizational Visibility, Member Identification, and Relevant Audience
The dimension of the framework from class where Mostly Shaded organizations are similar to Dark Organizations
Anonymous organization
MI6, Mossad, CIA are Intelligence Services for these 3 Countries
United Kingdom, Israel, and United States
Based on public attitudes, it is how we might describe domestic violence shelters or military special missions units
Protective Hidden or Appropriately Hidden Organizations
The three main types of proxy organizations
Shells, Fronts, and Astroturfing [also known as anonymous companies]
The three ends of the framework/model dimensions used in class that describe a dark organization
Anonymous organization, silent members, local audience
Scientology claims to be a _____ organization, but experts have convincingly argued it is a ____ organization
Religious/church/nonprofit; business/for-profit
Keeping affiliations secret, internal structures operating outside public knowledge, and external traces of organization becoming visible over time
3 Characteristics of Clandestine Organizations
In terms of communication competence when it comes to concealment, it is the combination of goals, effectiveness, and appropriateness that is most concerning
Goal is to conceal. That goal is viewed as inappropriate. Organization is effective at concealing.