Machiavellianism workplace is the employment of cunning and duplicity in a business setting. It is an increasingly studied phenomenon. The root of the concept of Machiavellianism is the book "The Prince" by Machiavelli which lays out advice to rulers how to govern their subjects. Machiavellianism has been studied extensively over the past 40 years as a personality characteristic that shares features with manipulative leadership, and morally bankrupt tactics. It has in recent times been adapted and applied to the context of the workplace and organizations by many writers and academics. The Machiavellian typically only manipulates on occasions where it is necessary
The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu Elders of Zion", an infamous Russian-made antisemitic literary forgery. There is an abundance of evidence that "The Protocols" were lavishly plagiarized from Joly's book. Italian writer Umberto Eco claims that in the "Dialogue" Joly plagiarized seven pages or more from a popular novel "Les Mystères du peuple" by Eugene Sue. The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (in the original French "Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle") is a political satire written by French attorney Maurice Joly in protest against the regime