Where there is power, it will also be abused.
Abuse of power has nothing to do with gender or a specific industry. More and more cases are coming to public attention from all areas of society - be it politics, gastronomy, start-ups, sport, theatre, care, voluntary work, the police or academia. So far, they have only been discussed on a sector-specific basis and usually as individual cases. However, according to journalist and author Lena Marbacher, the problem lies in the system of work and society. The conditions that enable abuse of power are almost always the same. A tolerant environment is one of them. Lena Marbacher relates a number of cases to each other and explains the structures of power abuse. Her aim is to show how the conditions in society and organisations lead to abusive behaviour and how they can be changed.
