Modern business world encourages psychopathic behaviour - Heidi Maibom

Former Steinhoff CEO, Marcus Jooste is rumoured to have been asked if he was an 'effing' psychopath when it came to light that he had been lying for years to colleagues and close friends. DA MP, David Maynier caused a stir in Parliament when he repeated the question to Jooste who was appearing in front of a Parliamentary committee. Most of us think psychopaths are crazy killers and thankfully not like us, but Heidi Maibom, a professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati has researched the actions of psychopaths and says rather than outliers, they reveal important truths about human morality. In an interview with Biznews she explores the relationship between the business world and psychopathy and asks why so many people who are not psychopathic, “do the same things” in modern businesses. - Linda van Tilburg