The New Virtues.

Bad bosses do not want us to be virtuous.

It’s too difficult for them.

Instead they set up and endorse ‘new’ virtues for us to aspire to, and for them to reward and thus retain our loyalty.

Complying with the new virtues - attending meetings, agreeing with the boss, calling out breaches of the virtues - are much more visible to the bad boss and easier for them to measure and affirm than authentic Virtues.

We are duped into confusing virtuous behaviour with the virtue.

We are duped into kneeling before the boss as we knelt before God.