Conventional stages of meaning-making

The Diplomat focuses on socially-expected behavior and approval
Approx. time horizon: Past and today
Approx. space frame: Ethnocentric

12 percent of US adults

Avoids overt conflict. Wants to belong; obeys group norms; rarely rocks the boat. Supports sustainability questions due to concern for appearances or to follow a trend in established social conventions; concerned with soothing tensions related to sustainability issues within the organization and in relations with stakeholders Source of power: Diplomatic, e.g. persuasive power, peer power How influences others: Enforces existing social norms, encourages, cajoles, requires conformity with protocol to get others to follow.

Strengths: Good as supportive glue within an office; helps bring people together. Reactive attitude with respect to sustainability pressures; consideration of regulatory constraints and the impact on the organizational image Limitations: Superficial conformity to external pressures; absence of real reappraisal of how things are done, statements often contradict actions.