“Companies have to obey local laws that other people make, and they have to treat their employees good enough that they don't quit.” This would be true if one

“Companies have to obey local laws that other people make, and they have to treat their employees good enough that they don't quit.” This would be true if one person quitting meant anything other than a job opening and search for a fill. Having worked under terrible conditions, I can tell you the person they hire will have no idea why the previous person left. It might not take long for the new person to figure it out. But market realities tend to make it take months to years for that new person to then turn around head to a new position. Meanwhile this is all enough for bad management to claim success. Companies only obey local laws in so far as the threat of prosecution is real. This threat is undermined way too easily.