Dark leadership within the finance industry and corporate governance

Introduction

Marshall Taylor

The financial system is known to be in an unending cycle of boom and bust. Every time this happens, it appears to be the failings of a select few who make it to the top of a corporation that derails the financial system. While there are always outliers at the top, this article theorises that the type of people who make it into these top corporations possess a form of corporate psychopathy that makes them and their actions inherently unstable. This form of psychic is set out in alternative literature often focusing on failed forms of management structures and how employees should avoid working for these companies. Yet, it has rarely been applied to the financial services industry and around financial regulation.