Does power cloud one's ability to make good decisions?
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Grave consequences can result from bad decisions made by people in leadership positions. Case in point: the 2009 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. British Petroleum (BP) executives had downplayed potential risks associated with their oil well, claiming that it was virtually impossible that a major accident would ever occur.