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Donald Trump has exited the political stage — sort of. His second impeachment trial is ensuring Trump and his incendiary style of leadership are still front and centre in our collective consciousness, raising the question: Do toxic leaders who’ve done untold damage to an organization ever really go away once they’ve been shown the door?
Today in The Conversation Canada, Steven Appelbaum of Concordia University tackles this question, and the answer is a resounding no. Research into psychopathic CEOs has determined they leave behind eroded morale and a tarnished corporate reputation — and adherents who hope to rise up the ranks via the same methods.
He writes: “When the psychopathic executive or politician runs out of mileage and is fired or leaves before legal proceedings against them are started, the damage has already been done and can have an impact on the organization’s future.” The solution, he says, is to root out and the psychopathic disciples, too.
Also today:
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Lee-Anne Goodman
Politics, Business + Economics Editor
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Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in May 2019.
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Steven H. Appelbaum, Concordia University
While toxic CEOs may leave organizations, their style of leadership and the damage they leave behind have a long shelf life.
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In 2020, protests like this one in Hamilton, Ont. were held internationally to support anti-racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Garth Davies, Simon Fraser University; Edith Wu, Simon Fraser University
Designating the Proud Boys and other right-wing extremist groups as terrorists will make it more difficult for them to fundraise, but it won't necessarily stop the spread of hatred.
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Fragments of Sappho? The 2014 discovery was of five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second.
('Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene,'1864, by Simeon Solomon)
C. Michael Sampson, University of Manitoba
In 2014, reports of a new discovery of Sappho's poems were remarkable. New research argues the papyrus had a fabricated backstory.
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Layering face masks has been suggested as a way to increase protection against COVID-19 variants that may be more transmissible.
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Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Charles-Francois de Lannoy, McMaster University; Juan Jesus Carrero, Karolinska Institutet; Roberto Pecoits-Filho; Scott Laengert, McMaster University
Are two face masks better than one? Adding layers of filtration by double masking is a way of using the masks that we already have, possibly to better effect.
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A worker cuts roses to be shipped to the U.S. and Europe at a flower farm in Madrid, Colombia, in August 2020.
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Paul D. Larson, University of Manitoba
After a withered 2020 due to COVID-19, the flower industry is hoping to blossom. The industry, which remains far from sustainable, remains a multi-billion dollar operation.
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La Conversation Canada
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La saturation du nombre de composants intégrés dans les puces, connue sous le nom de «goulot d'étranglement électronique», limitera bientôt les possibilités d'améliorer la performance des réseaux de neurones artificiels.
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Roberto Morandotti, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
De nouveaux dispositifs intelligents exploitent les propriétés de la lumière pour atteindre des performances extrêmement élevées, avec une empreinte environnementale réduite.
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Un travailleur de la santé prépare une dose du vaccin de Pfizer-BioNTech contre la Covid-19 dans une clinique de vaccination de l’UHN à Toronto, le 7 janvier 2021.
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Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto
Derrière l’actuelle pénurie de vaccins contre la Covid-19 au Canada, on retrouve plusieurs décennies d’avertissements laissés sans suite, d’opportunités manquées et de ressources démantelées.
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Culture + Society
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Jennifer Wollock, Texas A&M University
The view of Valentine's Day as a day for lovers can be traced back to two medieval poets who stood up for romance and the freedom to choose.
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Arts
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Riki Thompson, University of Washington
For single people, finding at least one partner has been hard enough. But for those used to juggling multiple relationships, the pandemic has forced them to rethink dating altogether.
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Politics
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation
Plus we talk to an American virologist testing wild animals for COVID-19. Listen to episode 2 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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