Fast Cars And Speeding Tickets: How The Boss's Behavior In Private Life Predicts A Company's Wrongdoing.

The article reports on a study which looked at the legal histories of chief executives of 218 businesses, half of them showing evidence of fraud and half not and their ownership of homes, cars, boats, and other luxury items. It was found that the make and model of an executive's car and how fast he or she chooses to drive it may provide clues to whether he or she will commit fraud. It concluded that unfrugal executives are more likely to preside over businesses where executives commit fraud.