Whistleblowing, Deep Throat, and the spin cycle.

Theory:

The company that pushes an incentive program for referring a valuable, employable prospect, is promoting healthy growth and momentum for the organization; one in line with its corporate culture and drive.  This is assuming that the more effective employees will be cultivating potential employees and therefore, opportunity.

It's organic.  everybody's doing it.

Reality:

That's all well and good and Business Administration-like.  Your professors would be so proud to know that you've followed the business model, cycle and its theories.

Until it's a matter of the company that sees it thusly: 

$250 reward for referring a new-hire

$500 reward for ratting out a co-worker, getting them fired

My ethics professors just short-circuited.

Who got the B.S. in Business Admin? How could the education system prepared us for the money vs. morals quandry?  (rhymes with laundry.)  Did they not know that one day we'd be driven to sheer madness in the pressure cooker of our cubicles, stealing candy from desktops and hoarding K-cups??

Recognize.  And remember it all boils down to the same thing.  So either hit, get hit, or hit it.

Then rinse and repeat.  Hard.