I thought the scenario envisioned painted a highly unlikely scenario that is not very likely for a whole host of reasons, none of which entered into the scenario and would any of which would have made it a touch more 'honest.' That's just how I read it.
I note that your "fits of doubt" are linked only to whether management would "do the right thing" - I'm all for a good Spike Lee movie, but at this point to be suggesting that maybe the whole thing is at risk because of management doing simple basic untoward things, I cannot understand this approach. I guess that was really what inspired me to respond, that's all.