Cream rises?
And so here it is, a professional analysis of why being honest & having integrity & standing up for yourself is the WRONG thing to do in a corporation (and thus why the slimeballs rise to the top):
Rosabeth Kanter "argues that in large organizations where professionals and managers often work, it is important to know how to signal trust because such organizations generate much uncertainty: they require constant interaction with large networks of people who have only superficial familiarity with one another. Hence, having the appropriate operating style, or presentation of self, is important for professional success. For American professionals and managers, the legitimate personality type rewarded by large organizations presents the following traits: conflict avoidance, team orientation, flexibility and being humble and not self-assuming. These personality traits are not of primary importance for the white and black workers I talked with. For them, trust and predictability are not attained via conflict avoidance, team orientation, and flexibility but by being straightforward ... Workers also value personal integrity, that is, standing up for one's principles even in the face of adversity. This trait is not always compatible with the conflict avoidance, flexibility, and team orientation praised by professionals and managers."
Rosabeth Kanter "argues that in large organizations where professionals and managers often work, it is important to know how to signal trust because such organizations generate much uncertainty: they require constant interaction with large networks of people who have only superficial familiarity with one another. Hence, having the appropriate operating style, or presentation of self, is important for professional success. For American professionals and managers, the legitimate personality type rewarded by large organizations presents the following traits: conflict avoidance, team orientation, flexibility and being humble and not self-assuming. These personality traits are not of primary importance for the white and black workers I talked with. For them, trust and predictability are not attained via conflict avoidance, team orientation, and flexibility but by being straightforward ... Workers also value personal integrity, that is, standing up for one's principles even in the face of adversity. This trait is not always compatible with the conflict avoidance, flexibility, and team orientation praised by professionals and managers."