I also don't like the term misalignment because it sounds innocuous but is in fact much more serious.

However, I have to say I also do not appreciate comparison that is continuously drawn with coworkers. As you say, it's a question of accountability but when the main agent will maliciously instruct the sub agents, whose fault is it then?

Yes, the person running this crap is at fault, not the CEO that's shoving it down their throat and definitely not the company that produced the AI.

Sorry for the rant, but seriously, if a person's goals do not align with the team's or company's we part ways. What do we do with AI? Stop using it?