Meaning of company man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male employee who has a great—and often, in the view of others, an excessive—commitment to serving the interests of the organization which employs him.
2. A spy or other operative of an intelligence service, especially the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency.
3. A male homosexual.

Examples

“[B]oth sides accuse him of favoring the other. Certain players have⟳ accused him of being a company man.”

“What was expected of men, it seemed, was to be a company man. Foster (1969:156) refers to this as the assumption that "achievement of organizational goals represents the highest value."”

“"He was an old-fashioned company man. He lived and breathed Columbia Pictures."”

“Like⟳ virtually every other director in the '30s and '40s, Ford was obliged to be a company man, rankling under his boss's gaze.”

“But many say⟳ he nevertheless is more in the mold of the quiet, no-questions-asked company men who built the C.I.A. in the 1960's and 70's and ran it in the 80's.”

“Body of Lies is set⟳ in the grim and violent world of Middle East counter-terrorism. Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) is the CIA’s man on the front line. . . . His every move⟳ is instructed and monitored by his boss Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), a fast-talking and amoral company man running the war on terrorism via satellite.”

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