> Principled people with high tolerance for bullshit (seemingly like the guy in TFA) can make a lot of difference

> great for him until the goals given him are unachievable, in the given timelines, by human thinking and reasoning alone.

Sorry but as much as I would like to agree with what you are saying managers, CEOs, shareholders and everyone that connects that chain won't ever care about ethics or morals when it comes to making a buck or getting one over the competition. Not in the system we are in.