Chloe Jane B.

Macabalos
CA-201
Assignment 2 – Finals – Ethics

1. Describe the characteristics of corporate psychopaths.

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Based on my understanding, a corporate psychopath it's a person with a psychopathic
personality, and psychopathy is a personality illness. Yet they may work in a business, an
industry, or an organization. They can get jobs in a large company and make a decent living.
They lack a conscience not because they lack the intellectual capacity to understand the
difference between right and wrong, but because the emotional connection with hit cognitions
of thoughts and so forth is absent. Some of the characteristics would include this stunning lack
of empathy, a lack of concern for other people, the ability to look at other people as mere
objects when normal people are processing emotional material.
Furthermore, these are people that are exceedingly egotistical and self-centered, with no
regret for what they have done, and what they are doing is manipulating and seeing other
people for their objectives. Corporate psychopaths, to mention a few behaviors, openly
humiliate others, belittle employees, lie constantly, and grab credit for others' successes.

2. Why do we have corporate psychopaths?

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There's a corporate psychopath because they are usually the political leaders, managers, and
CEOs who fall into this category. While maintaining stronger executive functioning than their
jailed counterparts, corporate psychopaths exhibited several psychopathic features related to
disruptive activity in the business sector. I determined from a study of the literature that these
individuals mostly live in upper management, high-power jobs in businesses, and this
knowledge is very useful for human resource hiring and promoting workers to maintain a
healthy business that adheres to established ethical standards.
Furthermore, we have psychopaths in the organization since they are readily hired because
they make a great initial impression during interviews. They appear alert, social, and easy to
get along with and interact with. They look to be capable, emotionally well-adjusted, and
smart, and these qualities make them desirable to those in charge of hiring employees within
businesses.
Lastly, corporations are psychopaths because there is a parallel between corporate and human
psychopathy due to moral projection, in which corporate actions are seen as analogous to
human actions due to the status of "legal person" or "corporate personhood" granted to
corporate entities under corporate law.

3. How can corporations spare themselves from corporate psychopaths?

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There is no guaranteed way that corporation spare themselves or avoid hiring a psychopath,
but "skeptical due diligence" — examining the statements a job candidate makes — is critical
to lowering the risk. But, they can put on the mask, speak the language, and display the
certificate on the wall and easily persuade someone who possesses a company or is looking
for a job in an organization that they are suited for the employee. But most important thing is
that — if you can't avoid regular contact with a psychopath, it's even more crucial to focus on
strengthening your mental muscles. Take a proactive approach to self-care and stress
management.
Furthermore, psychopaths make for 12% of business executives. For example, in the case of
Stacy, she works for a corporation or a local CPA firm named "Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe,"
where they have manipulative partners who are corporate psychopaths.