In 2009, A&E Television Networks began broadcasting the reality-based program Hoarders. Each week the show examines the case of an individual who suffers from a symptom of obsessive compulsive disorder that causes him or her to experience extreme distress at the prospect of discarding specific items, or in some cases, anything at all.
The phenomenon of this condition is not confined to individuals, but wreaks havoc on large organizations as well. Just as this condition carries significant consequences for people, the toll it exacts on corporations is equally destructive, if not readily apparent. There are significant costs associated with the tendency to save nearly everything, regardless of its value.
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