214 Capitalizing on Kindness to test a man's character, give him power." The multibillion- dollar corporate frauds perpetrated by Enron, Tyco, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, HealthSouth, and Adelphia were brought about, in large part, by CEOs who seemed to feel that their money and power insulated them from the governing legal and ethical boundaries. Harry Truman advised that "If a man can accept a situation in a place of power with the thought that it's only tem- porary, he comes out all right. But when he thinks he is the cause of the power, that can be his ruination." When maintaining and growing power becomes the central focus, then everyone seems to be a potential source of competition. It can result in increased stereotyping and aggression, and correspondingly less niceness and cooperative behavior.