What's missed here is that the vast majority of companies actually don't care about people; for them, people are commodities, not human beings. It doesn't matter what the evidence says about the social cost, they are not concerned about that.

Since none of these losses are actually monetized in the current scheme of corporate profit and loss, the losses don't exist for them. I think it's much more a reflection of our lack of character and our desire for self-preservation (at the highest levels of management) than a simple ignorance of science.

As an employee myself, the best company to work for is one where people are actually truly valued. That's a diamond-in-the-rough company. I'll stay there for as long as I possibly can and give them everything I have. The other 99% of companies are just a tool for advancing my career in the direction I want to take it.