They may also take a "holistic view of world affairs" that could lead them to believe espionage is "morally justifiable."You can read this any number of ways, and I won't debate the ethics of making decisions to support particular policies of this adminstration in spite of common sense (or holistic thinking) telling you otherwise.
But I would like to touch briefly on his this might affect your organization. When it exceeds a certain size, every organization begets a hierarchy of departments. While the organization, as a whole, might wish to move in one direction, each department has its own incentives, which sometimes contradict the organization's larger goals.
In such a world, to think holistically is to think about disruption, as any move to re-align the departments with the organization's goals will result in disruption to that department's practices.
