In knowledge industries, it's frequently a case of long term versus short term interests. Take training... It rarely pays off in the short term (when you have

In knowledge industries, it's frequently a case of long term versus short term interests. Take training... It rarely pays off in the short term (when you have the cost) but it frequently does in the long term. Another example is severance. It doesn't pay in the short term, but abusing folks on the way out doesn't pay in the long term either.