This may be an earnestly applied standard, and it may even be a fairly accurate description of what they do. But the real impact is the internal and external p

This may be an earnestly applied standard, and it may even be a fairly accurate description of what they do. But the real impact is the internal and external propaganda message: "we're all above average". In reality, only some few of the best/highest-pressure companies can maintain that for any length of time. The rest probably won't profit from the distrust and ill-will caused by the rhetorical slight of hand that defines "adequate" as "well below the actual standards we consider adequate".