Greed: a psychological disorder

Fascinating bit on the Guardian: [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/07/one-per-cent-wealth-destroyers[/url]

39 senior managers and chief executives from leading British businesses psychologically tested. ..

"They compared the results to the same tests on patients at Broadmoor special hospital, where people who have been convicted of serious crimes are incarcerated. On certain indicators of psychopathy, the bosses's scores either matched or exceeded those of the patients. In fact, on these criteria, they beat even the subset of patients who had been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorders."

Goes along with what I'ver always thought. That greed, when elevated to the level of modern day bosses wages and bakers bonuses is actually a mental disease.

OR, as I would call it (and call me old fashioned), 'personality'.
Is benevolence a positive disorder then?

Quoted from RoboCod

Fascinating bit on the Guardian: [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/07/one-per-cent-wealth-destroyers[/url]

39 senior managers and chief executives from leading British businesses psychologically tested. ..

"They compared the results to the same tests on patients at Broadmoor special hospital, where people who have been convicted of serious crimes are incarcerated. On certain indicators of psychopathy, the bosses's scores either matched or exceeded those of the patients. In fact, on these criteria, they beat even the subset of patients who had been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorders."

Goes along with what I'ver always thought. That greed, when elevated to the level of modern day bosses wages and bakers bonuses is actually a mental disease.

Insert the word "dough" into a funny one liner.

Lol You people

I don't think this research is anything new; I recall reading pretty much the same thing a few years back. It's not greed as such that is the cause. It's just that the people at the top of an organisation are there because they have no qualms about treading on people's feet to get there. They tend to be ruthless and that means having little or no scruples about how they get to the top. And that's not just in business. It is the same in politics, local government, the church, indeed in any form of operational structure.

What's the old adage - nice guys never win?

Quoted from kingofthekippers

I don't think this research is anything new; I recall reading pretty much the same thing a few years back. It's not greed as such that is the cause. It's just that the people at the top of an organisation are there because they have no qualms about treading on people's feet to get there. They tend to be ruthless and that means having little or no scruples about how they get to the top. And that's not just in business. It is the same in politics, local government, the church, indeed in any form of operational structure.

What's the old adage - nice guys never win?

I think that wan ker  I mean banker who said," he hopes the recession lasts or we have another soon because he can make loads of money out of it," says it all about the me me me society.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I think that wan ker  I mean banker who said," he hopes the recession lasts or we have another soon because he can make loads of money out of it," says it all about the me me me society.

That 'banker' is not quite everything he claimed to be.

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8792829/BBC-financial-expert-Alessio-Rastani-Im-an-attention-seeker-not-a-trader.html[/url]

Quoted from kingofthekippers

That 'banker' is not quite everything he claimed to be.

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8792829/BBC-financial-expert-Alessio-Rastani-Im-an-attention-seeker-not-a-trader.html[/url]

BUT

He meant every word.

Yeah, just a shame he's so successful as a trader he lives in his girlfriend's house and his business is overdrawn.

Quoted from ginnywings

Insert the word "dough" into a funny one liner.

Heh. My secret underlying hatred of bakers revealed.

Interesting theory though, someone with a certain mental disorder could theoretically become violent, even murderous if from a poor backdrop, but the same disorder could make you into an almost equally destructive 'businessman' from a more affluent background.
Greed, if not a disease is almost certainly a very severe obsession/compulsion disorder. When you already have millions sat in the bank, what else is there to barter for in a new contract than bragging rights about your bank account at the golf club.

Quoted from RoboCod

Heh. My secret underlying hatred of bakers revealed.

Mr. Kipling for TOTW!

Quoted from RoboCod

Fascinating bit on the Guardian: [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/07/one-per-cent-wealth-destroyers[/url]

39 senior managers and chief executives from leading British businesses psychologically tested. ..

"They compared the results to the same tests on patients at Broadmoor special hospital, where people who have been convicted of serious crimes are incarcerated. On certain indicators of psychopathy, the bosses's scores either matched or exceeded those of the patients. In fact, on these criteria, they beat even the subset of patients who had been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorders."

Goes along with what I'ver always thought. That greed, when elevated to the level of modern day bosses wages and bakers bonuses is actually a mental disease.

decent post Robo