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 [1] 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.