This and the Cult of Mac book completely describe it. Leaders are people who can have emotional damage that they compensate for in their business decisions.

It is "easy" to understand why parents would lie to home invasion robbers about whether or not they had a safe in the house. Leaders of companies will readily lie if they believe that the survival of their company is at stake. The rational is "well someone might get mad that we lied but at least the company will still be here."