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I think there might be a big sample bias. People on your own level or the level above but not your boss, can't "mess with you" in the way a C-level can. I.e. bad people don't stand out as well.

A clear example would be cops and cashiers at Walmart. The later can hardly mess with you at all, even if he would be a bad person.

On the other hand security guards at night clubs and cops have about the same opportunity to mess with me, and I can easily say the guards on average are worse people.