Football...

There are similarities between the culture of the footy clubs to thuggish behaviour and the corporate culture to corporate social responsibilities.

In the footy world, whether you are disciplined or not for thuggish behaviour depends, in part, on how well you are playing and how important you are to the team.  In the same way, it is rare to see any corporate manager being disciplined for health, safety or environmental breaches – as long as they are making money!  In fact in over 30 years, the only time I have seen an employee, or a senior manager, dismissed for serious breaches of HS&E is where they wanted to get rid of them in the first place and the breach gave them the excuse.

The solution on the footy field is pressure from society and the fans.  Similarly, the solution in the corporate boardrooms is pressure from society and the shareholders