[freebish]

Perhaps you're getting caught in the labels, like mission & loyalty. It's not about buzz words, or receiving favors.

In my experience, there is a substantial difference in the quality of work of a person who cares about what they're doing and someone who doesn't care. Perhaps you've worked with a contractor who was willing to do a half-assed job, only fixing things if they were cornered. I certainly have.

Money can motivate that caring only so much.

[foo101]

One may not bothered about things like mission and loyalty, care a lot about their income and yet care a lot about the work they are doing.

Caring about money, caring about mission and loyalty and caring about work are all orthogonal to each other.