See, I haven't seen that even in government, much less private industry. The times I've interacted with top brass, they are almost like in a different world. It would be like being CEO at Giant Food and knowing which freezer at the California store is bad. They don't know that. On some of our projects, the top guys work out the details and paperwork for the millions pumped into the project - but they largely have little idea of the details of WHAT is being done.If you are at the top and you are not aware of what is happening at the lower echelons you do not deserve to be at the top.
This - is what terrorists do. People attack citizens of a country or members of a religion - because of something others in the country or religion, do.
And I can't believe there are people who believe this is a good thing to do.