On the bright side, 76 percent said you never need to break the law or experience a lapse in ethics in order to get ahead.

Well, maybe not SUCH a bright side, after all...

Is Your Boss a Psychopath? Fast Company, 2005.

The number one trait of Narcissists and Borderlines is that they simply cannot be truthful, so... maybe they weren't considering THEIR lapses into shady territory the same as, well, like a LAPSE in the layman's sense.

Hypothetically, I mean.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.