Not really. It's more about understanding that having competent people in the system tends to benefit the community at large, and be willing to endure the (many) downsides.
And yeah, it doesn't work for everyone, and some people genuinely interested in doing the good thing can turn sour after a while. But I rarely see people romanticizing the work conditions or the system they are in.
Also having people willing to trade a pay cut for a way to "make good things" leads to people using their agency in surprising ways, sometimes fucked up.
> an organization that has lost its integrity long ago
That's every org. The relevant part isn't org structure or integrity but whether the org has an impact on stuff that actually matters. Not everyone is interested in optimizing the click rate of ads.
It used to be that duty went both ways, this is not in fashion anymore.