That is right. It seems to me a large trend today, to install this "chain of irresponsibility" in many companies. Because they can save some money and say it is

That is right. It seems to me a large trend today, to install this "chain of irresponsibility" in many companies. Because they can save some money and say it is not their fault, when somebody criticizes. But since it seems to me, that Hermes was one of the first in the Germany based parcel delivery businesses to use this concept, they have no excuse. What kind of excuse is it anyway to say "the others are doing it too!". Tell that in a courtroom after a murder! It is the same game, btw. that western companies play in 3rd world companies. They do not open the sweat shops themselves, but work with contractors or sub-contractors or even sub-sub-contractors. And when a sweat shop burns down, to many workers kill themselves (all things that already happen(ed)) or something else happens -- they know about nothing and are horrified by the "bad behavior" of their contractor that they would "never imagine"!