> But of course, it's function, to protect the firm from it's employees, won't change. That's part of the problem right there: "We only hire the best". "We n

> But of course, it's function, to protect the firm from it's employees, won't change. That's part of the problem right there: "We only hire the best". "We need to protect the company from the employees." It seems like if you really did the first statement, there wouldn't be a need for the second. If you find yourself using the second statement to justify a management action, then your management (you or your company) has failed.