Thats not how big business works. There’s no emotion. They would have received legal advice that this is the best way to proceed
I hear what you are saying BinChook, but I don’t think it is as cut and dried as that.
After the legal advice is dispensed, after the accountants have had their say, when all the experts have left the room, personality and emotion is still involved in the decision. The decision normally lies with one person ( sometimes a few as is the case with a FWC bench).
Kingdoms have been lost and businesses have been ruined because of the emotions that bubble away at the top end of town.
I have even heard of one business where the personality and emotions of one single person lead a once great business to make dozens of poor decisions that ultimately cost that business hundreds of millions and negatively impacted every nook and cranny of the place. The board was at a loss to explain how they had missed it, but later admitted it did happen.