First up, that's a completely rational/understandable position to have on this topic. Business papers constantly involve jargon to get themselves published. Gi

First up, that's a completely rational/understandable position to have on this topic. Business papers constantly involve jargon to get themselves published. Given the context of this particular article I wanted to share somewhat of a counter point to this that I learnt a few years ago. From my readings and experience, what's happening here is that we are creating a shared vocabulary, or, pedagogy, to describe shared experiences. I used to think it was bunkum until I read some books including pedagogy of the oppressed. The truth is, when we have these terms that we can share and discuss, it gives a lot of power for affected people to express what they are feeling more clearly. In the example of this article, one could read it as tackling the topic of individual ethical compasses. Ethics has fuzzy edges all over. Sometimes, business needs will cross those fuzzy edges but it's not necessarily unethical. An example will be asking people to temporarily set aside the discomfort they are feeling with a a local situation (eg: politics) that affects their personal life in a long term manner. It sucks. Work also needs to get done. There's a good chance you hurt an individual's ethics along the way. An individual can feel ashamed of themselves sometimes when they feel they are doing work that ignores the plight of people around them. If you go about this the wrong way (completely innocently) you end up causing... what? Describing these moments is much easier when you have the right words to use it. And the thing is, it's really hard to understand how it's useful until you've experienced it yourself (i.e., suddenly having the right words to express yourself). Hence, lived experiences. Finally it's worth noting that these terms don't get invented out of thin air. Moral injury has a history dating back to 1984 for example(wikipedia page on moral injury). These terms are born out of iteration as people strive together to find ways to describe how they are feel. And personally, I think that the language enables that is actually something to embrace and celebrate.