Monkey policy

From an e-mail message:

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This is based on an actual experiment conducted in the U.K .

Put 8 monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder,
leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling.

Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are
sprayed with ice water , which makes them feel miserable.

Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all the
other monkeys not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up.

Soon, none of the 8 monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder. One
of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in
the room.

Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other
monkeys are doing the obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to
climb the ladder.

All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea
why. However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.

A 2nd original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again
attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the
crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful
that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the
beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no
idea why he's attacking the new monkey.

One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. 8 new monkeys
are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water.
None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will
enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any
idea why.

This is how a company's policies are established !!!!