Your observation is in the right direction. And it's an entire ecosystem of these mis-behaviors. - You know that someone in there will find "ingenious" ways to

Your observation is in the right direction. And it's an entire ecosystem of these mis-behaviors. - You know that someone in there will find "ingenious" ways to work around the goals or rules to be - in their mind - the good guy and go after some self-perceived bad guys. No matter that they will be the bad guys. - They will find plenty of people to support them. - There will be no repercussions. Perhaps promotion and a revision of the rules to make what they did acceptable. - All communication regarding the thing will be tone deaf. Very consciously so, because the communication itself will be about "managing" the perception and employee mood. Not making it match reality. - The manufacturers themselves are not stupid and know what they need to say and not say. We have arrived at modes of operation that make trust impossible. Where you have to always second guess what that other person's goals might be. That's a problem (on top of the other problems.)