I wonder how much of the violation of ethical, and often even legal constraints in the business world today one could tie not only to the KPI pressure but also to the the awful "better to ask for forgiveness than permission" mentality that is reinforced by many "leadership" books written up by burnt out mid-level veterans of Mideast wars, trying to make sense of their "careers" and pushing out their "learnings" on to us. The irony being, we accept being tought about leadership, crisis management etc by people who during their "careers" in the military were in effect being "kept", by being provided housing, clothing and free meals.