Back in 1944, Thomas Dewey ran for president- he was the arch conservative Republican candidate- he once gave a speech whereby he said the corporation and society at large HAD a responsibility to guarantee the worker job security. Hmmmm.
This shows you just how far we have gone in losing the 'institutional sense'- Corporations have 'rethought' the issue, we are more self-absorbed...the idea that government can help, that the man in the street is your comrade, ... has been broken. Most companies think nothing of laying people off...

This can be combated- if accurate records were kept and publicized, at least sociologists and economists could more accurately discuss the issue, it would get better press coverage, company CEO's would compare the result of their actions against others, and would not want to be perceived as a leader in layoffs....