I have studied this phenomenon for ten years. Finally people are waking up.
Qantas is likely to be the first case where company failure is caused by these people.
An Australian psychotherapist is urging employers to watch out for workplace psychopaths, who he says are more common than generally thought.
Doctor John Clarke says workplace psychopaths exist in most large organisations and can isolate and mentally destroy the staff around them.
Speaking at the Tasmanian Work Health & Safety Conference, Dr Clarke said the only way to win the war against these psychopaths is to refuse to tolerate their damaging behaviour.
"When people think of psychopath, they think of a serial killer or a rapist. And they are fairly similar things," he said.
"The workplace psychopath is somebody who psychologically destroys the people they work with to feed their need for a sense of power and control and domination over other
"They don't suffer any guilt or remorse, or in fact they enjoy the suffering of other people."
Bosses urged to watch for workplace psychopaths - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)