In this example, the work-power hierarchy means that employees get paid to waste time in meetings. If they pull out a laptop to do other work, then they are accused of &quot;not paying attention&quot;. They aren&#x27;t cowardly to let this particular sleeping dog lie, they&#x27;re accepting that, despite their initial attempt to be more productive in otherwise wasted time, the company will pay them anyway.<p>If the <i>owners</i> (or stakeholders) of the company failed to address this, then they <i>still</i> can&#x27;t be described as cowardly, just incompetent.<p>The employees, if they&#x27;re being paid anyway, aren&#x27;t going to rock the boat improving the productivity output of the employer, especially after they&#x27;ve been shot down once for attempting to actually be more productive. They&#x27;ll just shake their heads in disbelief at the fact that the company is willing to pay them to be unproductive.