[chiefalchemist]

> This is because often the perception is that it works.

Yes. But how can this idea persist? I mean one of life's basic rules is: No one care more about you than you. To pretend otherwise is silly. At a company level (read: bebolden to shareholders) its borderline negligent.

Wishful thinking worked in kindergarten. It's not something working adults should be embracing so strongly. Right?

[jacquesm]

Well, yes, right, but that doesn't seem to stop anybody. I even see this sort of stuff in the boardrooms of companies that should know better. I don't know what drives it, maybe some sense of reinforcement from getting away with similar stuff in the past?