Employees need incentives to prevent problems, even if they aren't responsible for them. In this case, the smart thing for every person who could have done som

Employees need incentives to prevent problems, even if they aren't responsible for them. In this case, the smart thing for every person who could have done something was to take no action, as they would get no credit for preventing a problem but would take a budget or resource hit for doing so. I am a fire fighter, not a fire marshall. Fire fighters are heros. The fire marshall is a pest.