As much as I agree with you, successful CEOs tend to be very good at never accepting responsibility for any failure and accepting credit for everything good that happens.<p>Jeffrey Pfeffer&#x27;s &quot;Leadership Bullshit&quot; expands on this sobering reality in more detail. As much as I like to believe that righteousness, honesty, and integrity matter for leaders, the realities of modern business do not reward the most honest people as reliably as those that know how to work systems and crowds.