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"From psychological thrillers to true crime stories, people who depart from
social norms can be deeply fascinating. Psychopaths most of all.
Working with or for a psychopath, however, is less fun.
The research generally agrees about 1% of the population is psychopathic. This
means they fail to develop the normal range of emotions, lack empathy for
others and are more disposed to antisocial and uninhibited behaviour.
Among prisoners, the percentage with psychopathic traits has been estimated at
15% to 20%. But psychopaths are also disproportionately represented in
corporate culture. Among the higher echelons of large organisations, the
psychopathy rate is an estimated 3.5%. Some estimates for chief executives go
way higher.
Only in recent decades has the research on psychopathy started reflecting the
enormity of the social and economic cost of non-criminal corporate psychopaths.
My research (with Clive Boddy and Brendon Murphy) suggests corporate
psychopaths cost the economy billions of dollars not only through fraud and
other crimes but through the personal and organisational damage they leave
behind as they climb the corporate ladder."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
