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This is true, but cultures can experience shame, as the Germans (and to the lesser extent the Japanese) did after WWII.

I work for a company with a 30-year-old felony conviction (as a company). Pretty much the first thing that happens on new hire orientation day is that they tell you what happened, not to ever do it again, and all of the many ways available to rat out anyone who is doing it or letting it happen.