One in 25 business leaders may be a psychopath

[whitecoast]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/01/psychopath-workplace-jobs-study

w00t! More mainstream attention on the fact that psychopaths aren't found exclusively in prisons, but are among us actively manipulating their ways into positions of power. I think their estimate of 4% of powerful positions is a little low, judging by the state of things, but I'm not the scientist here.

 

[Nević Nenad]

Only one in 25? I believe its the other way around, only one is not :)

 

[whitecoast]

According to this article, the % psychopaths in the USA is 1%. From that perspective, they seem to be saying psychopaths are 4 times more likely to be in leadership positions than non-psychopaths. If you apply that ratio then to the estimated 6% of Lobaczewski or the estimated 23% projected by the C's in the USA, then the number of psychopaths in power jumps to about one in four for Lobaczewski and approximately 100% for the C's in the USA.