And they do a lot of damage to America -- it creates (perfectly justified) resentment that creates (unjustified, but inevitable) fertile ground for leftist anti-business propaganda.
That is why good management and morale work hand in hand to prevent that from happening. If you make it a place that someone wants to work, even for the short term, that goes a long way to preempting that resentment.
Besides, if someone’s quite happy at their job, has no (or very little) complaints, and sees the value in doing well in their work, wouldn’t that work well towards productivity and profitability?
True. But asking people to be always honest is like asking pigs not to wallow in mud.