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It looks like the Milgram studies have been repeated

Decades after a notorious experiment, scientists have found test subjects are still willing to inflict pain on others - if told to by an authority figure.

US researchers repeated the famous "Milgram test", with volunteers told to deliver electrical shocks to another volunteer - played by an actor.

Even after faked screams of pain, 70% were prepared to increase the voltage, the American Psychology study found.

Both may help explain why apparently ordinary people can commit atrocities.

Nothing ever changes

Incidentaly I wrote to McDonalds UK about this via their Q&A site, and this was the result

I asked

I came across the case of Louise Ogborn in Kentucky (See http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F9eWgzHavEc ) where a hoax caller got the AM to srip search an 18 year old employee. Are crews in the UK warned about these strip search hoaxes? and has there ever been any attempted incident here such as the one in the US. What happened to Miss Ogborn was sickening I would not like to see that happen in the UK

They replied

McDonald's UK was unaware of this incident. If this is true, it is a very distressing event and McDonald's hopes that the people involved have been dealt with appropriately. There are no specific procedures in place to counter such an isolated event. However, McDonald's has strict rules in place to protect all staff. (January 2008)

I find it disturbing that McDonalds UK were unaware and have no procedures should this happen here. It is fortunate that there has been no copycat action on this side of the pond.