> As long as people value money over ethics, this shit will always happen. Usually, it's a matter of short-term thinking. It is a human tendency to discount lo

> As long as people value money over ethics, this shit will always happen. Usually, it's a matter of short-term thinking. It is a human tendency to discount long-term benefits against short-term costs. Where it's not, it's because people want to be "nice" and not be the bad guy. They will go along with people who don't mind being the bad guy. And then there's my personal belief that in any given job role, a large percentage (possibly the majority) of people are not competent. By competent I mean that any situation which may arise as part of their job and involves a professional decision can be handled by them in a competent way. Most people aren't actually able to do their job without someone guiding them from above and supervising them in that job. This applies also to the people hiring and supervising them, which in the average case are not able to hire and supervise competently without supervision. This chain continues all the way to the top of a company, and as a result most companies are not actually able to do their job competently without constant adjustment from their customers or shareholders in the form of complaints, lawsuits, etc... That's probably why many consultants are not competent, and why they still get hired, because the people who hire them are not competent in hiring consultants. Never ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.