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When large corporations are destroyed by the actions of their senior directors, employees lose their jobs and sometimes their livelihoods, shareholders lose their investments and sometimes their life savings, and societies lose key parts of their economic infrastructure. Capitalism also loses some of its credibility. These corporate collapses have gathered pace in recent years, especially in the western world, and have culminated in the global financial crisis that we are now in. When we watch these events unfold, it often appears that the senior directors involved walk away with a clear conscience and huge amounts of money. They seem to be unaffected by the corporate collapses they have created. They present themselves as glibly unbothered by the chaos around them, unconcerned about those who have lost their jobs, savings and investments, and lacking any regrets about what they have done. They cheerfully lie about their involvement in events, are very persuasive in blaming others for what has happened and have no doubts about their own continued worth and value.
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© 2011 Clive R. Boddy
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Boddy, C.R. (2011). Introduction – Corporate Psychopaths as Organisational Destroyers. In: Corporate Psychopaths. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307551_1
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