I wonder how much of that is due to, er, negative incentives: "Do us a favor, and we'll give you some money, but more importantly we won't anybody about the oth

I wonder how much of that is due to, er, negative incentives: "Do us a favor, and we'll give you some money, but more importantly we won't anybody about the other favors you've been doing for us and money you've got stashed away. For now." That's why background-checks are so important: Properly done, it's not about finding virtuous employees at all, but just ensuring there's no blackmail material that an enemy could use to open up that cascade of ever-growing favors that become blackmail for the next favor.