Noted Canadian Expert Warns about ‘Corporate Psychopaths’
Sep 9th, 2002 • Posted in: News
Special to Newsline from Canadian correspondent Errol P. Mendes
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland
The National Post is reporting that a world-renowned Canadian expert on psychopaths has told a national conference of police officers in Newfoundland that top corporate officials should be screened for psychopathic traits before being hired.
Dr. Robert Hare, a professor at the University of British Columbia, stated that résumés do not reveal the possible psychopathic disorders of applicants for top corporate positions.
He argues that if these individuals are to be responsible for billions of dollars of other people’s money, they should go through a checklist screening process that he is developing, which he calls B-Scan.
The checklist would look for personality traits associated with psychopaths, whom he estimates number about one percent of the Canadian population.
These traits include being callous and lacking a conscience for harm inflicted on others. Psychopaths, he says, tend to have few close relationships, have an inflated ego, are highly driven, are deceitful and short-tempered.
Dr. Hare stated that these types often rise quickly within large corporations, which are highly competitive environments.
Dr. Hare concluded that because these individuals care little about the impact of decisions on others, they are good budget cutters and down-sizers.
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