Organizational Dysfunction

3. Manipulation – psychopath will create a scenario of "psychopathic fiction" where
positive information about themselves and negative disinformation about others
will be created, where your role as a part of a network of pawns or patrons will be
utilised and you will be groomed into accepting the psychopath's agenda.
4. Confrontation – the psychopath will use techniques of character
assassination to maintain his/her agenda, and you will be either discarded as a
pawn or used as a patron
5. Ascension – your role as a patron in the psychopath's quest for power will be
discarded, and the psychopath will take for himself/herself a position of power
and prestige from anyone who once supported them.
Caring Professions
According to anti-bullying author and activist Tim Field, bullies are attracted to the
caring professions, such as medicine, by the opportunities to exercise power
over vulnerable clients, and over vulnerable employees and students.
Institutional Abuse
Institutional abuse is the maltreatment of a person (often children or older adults) from a
system of power. This can range from acts similar to home-based child abuse, such as
neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and hunger, to the effects of assistance programs
working below acceptable service standards, or relying on harsh or unfair ways to
modify behavior.
Human Trafficking
The use of coercion by perpetrators and traffickers involves the use of extreme control.
Perpetrators expose the victim to high amounts of psychological stress induced by
threats, fear, and physical and emotional violence. Tactics of coercion are reportedly
used in three phases of trafficking: recruitment, initiation, and indoctrination. [49] During
the initiation phase, traffickers use foot-in-the-door techniques of persuasion to lead
their victims into various trafficking industries. This manipulation creates an environment
where the victim becomes completely dependent upon the authority of the
trafficker. Traffickers take advantage of family dysfunction, homelessness, and history
of childhood abuse to psychologically manipulate women and children into the
trafficking industry.
The goal of a trafficker is to turn a human being into a slave. To do this, perpetrators
employ tactics that can lead to the psychological consequence of learned
helplessness for the victims, where they sense that they no longer have any autonomy
or control over their lives. Traffickers may hold their victims captive, expose them to
large amounts of alcohol or use drugs, keep them in isolation, or withhold food or
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