I read your take as "ethics doesn't provide immediate economic value or model improvement along traditional metrics of performance, so companies are right to ca

I read your take as "ethics doesn't provide immediate economic value or model improvement along traditional metrics of performance, so companies are right to can them if they choose". I see ethics as looking at problem before they happens which is sort of an economic externality that companies won't pay for since the cost isn't something they have to bare, but in a more concerned world would.