Working in large organisations, my experience is that the proportion of people who care enough is small; and the proportion of those who are willing to fall on

Working in large organisations, my experience is that the proportion of people who care enough is small; and the proportion of those who are willing to fall on their sword vanishingly so. And the boss's boss or the CEO wouldn't listen anyway, as they'd ask their reports what was what, and receive an appropriate 'message'.