As a founder, I have three levels of responsibility. A responsibility for every individual I hire, which I respect to the maximum I can. On top, a responsibility for the team into which I hire an individual. On top, a responsibility for the company which I am building.
I've lost teams. I will fire any individual who will endanger a team by sabotaging it or not carrying the same weight as the others.
I've lost a company. I fill fire any team who will endanger my current org.
The larger the company, the longer the process. We got into Amazon as a supplier only because they figured it would take them at least a year until they would have hired the first person starting to tackle the topic internally…
If Mexicans shot back causing 23 times the casualties on the other hand, they clearly would not be terrorists though, as they just defended themselves.
I've lost teams. I will fire any individual who will endanger a team by sabotaging it or not carrying the same weight as the others.
I've lost a company. I fill fire any team who will endanger my current org.