PSYCH232 Lecture Notes - Plausible Deniability, Scapegoating, Psychopathy
20 Mar 2013
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An extended case study (from darley, 1996) What organizations do harms: social control (e. g. military, government, peace makers or the authority) versus. Civilian (e. g. : corporations, community organizations, not part of the official governmental framework: between social and civilian are educational and religious organizations, all have the capacity for evil behaviors or harm regardless of the type of organizations. How do organizations do harm: deliberate harm. Screwing over the manufacturers. (unfair to manufacturers: neglectful. No one could have necessary known the bad doings of the organizations (either intentional or unintentional) The use of cellphone example unknown long term effects that will not be evident after 10 or 15 years in which we do not know. How do individuals get sucked in: self-selection/recruitment enron; e. g. the recruitment of psychopath. Scapegoating you set things up so your subordinates will take the fall or wrong doing (e. g. plausible deniability; sounds like pecs evil personality)
