From psychopaths to behaving responsibly: Waking up the inner sleeping beauty of companies

Research news from Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Studies in corporate responsibility (CR) have found that many large companies seem to fulfil the psychiatric criteria for psychopaths1. New research suggests companies displaying psychopathic behaviour would benefit from a 'Prince of Virtues' approach to wake them from their '100-year sleep'. The research was conducted at the Turku School of Economics in Finland and will be published in the next edition of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

Research author Dr. Tarja Ketola argues that working in large companies which employ psychopathic practices which breach people's basic values quickly becomes a huge mental burden for managers and employees. But she sees a solution in the form of using ethical principles employed by individuals in their personal lives.