Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2014 A team of researchers from the UK has\nidentified a figure they believe may be the earliest recognisable\ncorporate psychopath in history. He was Jeronimus Cornelisz, a merchant\nwho took power after a VOC ship was wrecked in 1629 and is suspected of\nmasterminding the murder of around 100 people.<\/p>\n
Citing ScienceAlert, organisational behaviour researcher Clive Roland\nBoddy of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK said Cornelisz\u2019s actions\nresembled those of toxic leaders in modern workplaces. He eliminated\nrivals, rewarded loyal followers, fostered fear, manipulated his\nfollowers and pursued power by any means.<\/p>\n
Cornelisz\u2019s story began when the VOC ship Batavia was wrecked in the\nHoutman Abrolhos Islands, near Western Australia. Around 250 people\nsurvived, but were stranded on nearby islands with limited food and\nwater.<\/p>\n
When the ship\u2019s commander and captain sailed to Indonesia to seek\nhelp, they took several senior crew members with them. Cornelisz then\ntook charge of the survivors left behind.<\/p>\n
He consolidated his power and ordered groups of survivors to move to\nanother island, supposedly to look for water. This was a pretext to\neliminate people one by one until only a handful of his followers\nremained.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that, Cornelisz\u2019s group gradually revealed itself as a band of\nmutineers and ruthless murderers, gathering valuables, water and the\nremaining supplies from the wreck in Cornelisz\u2019s tent, with the\nintention of keeping them for themselves and becoming pirates,\u201d Boddy\nwrote.<\/p>\n
Cornelisz then arranged the systematic murder of around 100\nsurvivors, both to reduce the number of people who needed food and water\nand to strengthen his control over those still alive. Several women were\nalso raped and sexually enslaved.<\/p>\n
Cornelisz\u2019s rule eventually ended after a series of battles between\nthe mutineers and the survivors who resisted them. He was captured and\ntried alongside several other leaders of the rebellion. They admitted\ninvolvement in murder, rape and mutiny, and were sentenced to have their\nhands cut off and to be hanged.<\/p>\n
These actions formed the basis of Boddy\u2019s analysis of Cornelisz\u2019s\ncorporate-psychopathy traits. Boddy explained why the case was\nconsidered similar to patterns of behaviour among toxic leaders in\nmodern companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat makes this case extraordinary is that when we analysed\nCornelisz using a modern management-psychopathy framework, he displayed\nevery major characteristic associated with a corporate psychopath,\u201d\nBoddy said.<\/p>\n
According to Boddy, Cornelisz\u2019s behaviour reflected a leadership\npattern also associated with corporate psychopathy today, particularly\nthe use of intimidation and fear to establish control.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorporate psychopaths are known to follow a common modus operandi\ninvolving the establishment of control, an intimidated workforce and the\ncreation of a climate of fear marked by abuse, intimidation and\nshouting,\u201d Boddy wrote.<\/p>\n
He said Cornelisz displayed these characteristics in an extreme form.\nHowever, this assessment is a retrospective analysis based on a modern\ncorporate-psychopathy framework, not a clinical diagnosis of\nCornelisz.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/the-worlds-first-identifiable-psychopath-a-brutal-story-1793163061", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }