Psychopaths in Accounting

As if the recession was not enough, now we have to worry about psychopaths in accounting firms? In the article Keep Psychopaths out of Your Accounting Firm in the AICPA Career Insider, Mitchell Langbert points out that “psychopaths represent about one percent of the general population, but comprise about 3.5 percent of high-potential corporate employees.” Few people will argue with his assessment that the percentage of upper management with psychopathic traits is probably higher still.