I can think of two incentives for punishing this guy for no value: First, it will appear that they have “done something about it”, say, to their superiors. Seco

I can think of two incentives for punishing this guy for no value: First, it will appear that they have “done something about it”, say, to their superiors. Second, some people also feel good if they can put someone down or enforce a loss on someone; It’s a stunted heuristic for them “winning”. So there is very clear value in it. If the harm is disregarded.