Exxonmobil: Anti-Social Psychopathy

Anti-social personality disorder or psychopathy, is diagnosed as; a with no moral regard for others and inability to experiences remorse. By law, a corporation is a ‘person’, therefor the corporation ExxonMobil can be diagnosed with anti-personality disorder. After analyzing ExxonMobil’s actions, inactions, and apparent motives, the corporation has demonstrated the characters defining a psychopath as stated in the Documentary film ‘The Corporation’. Over the past few decades, ExxonMobil has shown callous disregard for the well being of others, repeated lying for profits, and lack of remorse for casualties it has created. These actions are evidence enough to support the claim that ExxonMobil is psychopathic and poses a risk for the people safety.
The corporation extracts natural gases by hydraulic fracturing, a process with harmful risks to the environment, such as, air pollution, methane pollution, water contamination, and gas explosions, to name a few. The continuing use of using hydraulic fracturing disregards the environment and the safety of living things, with risks which are proven to warrant serious concern. For example, on March 24th, 1989, Exxon’s tanker ship, the Exxon Valdez, ran aground and spilled 10.8 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, the largest oil spill in Americas history. The effects were disastrous and damaged the ecosystem so terribly that it is still suffering the effects over 25 years later. Although the effects of hydraulic fracturing were manifested that day, ExxonMobil continued to extract oil, resulting in more oil spills and more damage to the biosphere and safety to all those living in it. In short, the irresponsibility of endangering others is a clear indication that this corporation could be diagnosed as psychopathic. Though, however damaging hydraulic fracturing may be, it is extremely profitable, which is the most important factor for most formal organizations, including
When a bad behaviour is repeated multiple times, it becomes evident there is no remorse from the consequences. In the case of ExxonMobil, Chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex W. Tillerson, once said, “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” Although he uses the word humanity it is contradictory because humanity will suffer if the planet (humanities habitat) is not saved. A more fitting word may have been ‘profit’. Also, the fact that ExxonMobil knew of climate change and took no initiative to reduce emissions is evidence that the corporation has no remorse for the type business they conduct and the negative effects on the environment it