[MichaelZuo]

There definitely is a lot of pretend, or alleged, authority floating around in a large organization. But when it comes to brass tacks, the number of folks who really can do something and have it accepted is quite small.

[jacquesm]

In my experience this very much depends on two thing: the industry and upper management.

Some industries have a really lax attitude and in quite a few cases upper management basically makes it impossible for people to speak up.