Robert Hare is a world-renowned psychiatrist and professor at the University of British Columbia. He has developed the Psychopathy Checklist, which is used by mental health specialists as a means of diagnosing very serious mental illness.

The checklist is a series of characteristics commonly found in psychopaths. These are people who have no conscience. They are described as being manipulative, charming, glib, deceptive, parasitic, irresponsible, selfish, callous, promiscuous, impulsive, antisocial, and aggressive.

The Corporation as Psychopath

When Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar, and Joel Bakan were making the 2003 documentary The Corporation they went to Dr. Hare with an interesting question. They wanted to know whether or not there are similarities in the behaviour of psychopaths and modern corporations.