I think it's realistic to assume that this happens but it doesn't mean it should be accepted. How can you trust in the leadership of someone you know will lie whenever they think it will get them a slightly better outcome? Execs like that are not leaders and they should not be in those positions.

> How can you trust in the leadership

You shouldn't. At best, they are fellow travelers. At worst, they aren't accountable to you, and their incentive structure usually does not drive them to behave ethically towards you.

Execs aren't paid to lead, they are paid to deliver business value. Ethical leadership is often incidental or counterproductive to it.

In this case, the execs were paid to do everything possible to promote and grow the product. And that's what they did.

I try to work for companies that aren't openly evil.

The greatest idea since sliced bread... too bad that leaves a vanishingly small pool of potential work.

"Working as Intended"

you best bet of doing that is spinning off your own company. I unfortunately cannot afford to do that.

Pull Request: Remove "Don't be evil" from the Code of Conduct.