Official Scapegoat Cartoon: The Stress of Accountability

The Scenario: This official scapegoat cartoon captures the precise moment corporate "peace of mind" evaporates.

In this scenario, the office isn't stressed because of a deadline or a budget cut; it's stressed because the official scapegoat is on leave.

Without a designated person to absorb the collective failures of the group, every other employee is suddenly exposed to the raw, unfiltered danger of being held responsible.

It parodies the hidden dependency that teams have on their sacrificial lambs.

The Observation: This narrative identifies the "Blame Vacuum."

At Kaapi with Ravi, we observe that the most stable corporate structures are built on the back of someone who is consistently "at fault."

This post serves as a central pillar for our scapegoat cartoons cluster, highlighting that the "stress" of the modern workplace is often just the anxiety of not having a convenient person to throw under the bus when things inevitably go wrong.

An official scapegoat is like a corporate insurance policy; you never realize how much you’re panicking until you find out your coverage is currently on a two-week vacation in Hawaii.

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• Series: Scapegoat Cartoons 

  
  

• Theme: Office Politics Cartoons