What persistent myth about corporate behavior is that it's rational (even if cold, cruel, and calculating). More often than not it's actually just people flying

What persistent myth about corporate behavior is that it's rational (even if cold, cruel, and calculating). More often than not it's actually just people flying by the seat of their pants and more ego than anything else. That goes double if the corporate culture tends to be very personality-cult-y, where executives have even more intense power than simply their position in the management chain. What gets me is that, once again, the top of the chain managed to slide with few consequences. The low-level goons who carried out the attack of this couple got punished, while the exec(s) who ordered it either skated completely, or bailed out with a golden parachute. Truly a consequence-free environment.