Dr Hare estimates that about 1% of the population at large is psychopathic. According to research by psychologist and executive coach Paul Babiak using Hare's checklist, 4% of the business leaders may be psychopathic. (
http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/20/s ... ychopaths/)
There was that documentary recently called "The Corporation".
From the Wikipedia article:
"Robert D. Hare, a University of British Columbia psychology professor and a consultant to the FBI, compares the profile of the contemporary profitable business corporation to that of a clinically diagnosed psychopath (however, Hare has objected to the manner in which his views are portrayed in the film; ...). The Corporation attempts to compare the way corporations are systematically compelled to behave with what it claims are the DSM-IV's symptoms of psychopathy, e.g. callous disregard for the feelings of other people, the incapacity to maintain human relationships, reckless disregard for the safety of others, deceitfulness (continual lying to deceive for profit), the incapacity to experience guilt, and the failure to conform to social norms and respect the law. However, the DSM has never included a psychopathy diagnosis, rather proposing antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) with the DSM-IV. ASPD and psychopathy, while sharing some diagnostic criteria, are not synonymous."
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minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Barr" wrote:
