They believe they can get away with it because nothing that bad has happened yet. Like most people, they don’t think it long term consequences and these things build up over time, build momentum until they can’t stop it. But then it’s too late.

It doesn’t help that like most people they’re comparing themselves with their neighbors and peer group to try and outdo each other. And in their case it’s not who holds the best backyard barbeque but it’s a gala on their yacht. And like most people don’t think too much about the cow who’s meat is now on the grill, they don’t think about a few thousand workers they swindled out of their wage.