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It's probably overwork, rather than a malicious lack of integrity. Guy left a to field empty and moved on with his day, well probably was sending 900 emails a day and can't keep track. Sexual harassment in the workplace? Can't think of that we have deadlines!
(downvote edit lol: not defending Linus, not defending the actions, or those involved in it all. Just pointing out that mistakes are made when overworked rather than tainting everyone at LMG with the unethical / lack of integrity brush)
Overwork is also one form of workplace abuse. It just makes the matters worse
This is the schedule that they themselves set though. It made sense a bit to create as much content as they could in the beginning when they were first starting out and growing their channel. But they're extremely successful in this category and they don't have to remain beholden to the YouTube algorithm to make money what with Floatplane and so on. They literally have the ability to slow down production, do reviews, and other content in a responsible way, and they haven't.
That work load may have contributed to him not addressing or not properly handling the situation with Madison, but that is something he brought on himself. It shouldn't have been an email to a single person. This isn't some random startup with venture capital. Linus built a whole successful company. A company that should have both a PR team (who don't let him get in his feelings with reactionary remarks without getting legal counsel first), and an HR team to handle things like this. It should literally never have gotten to this point.
Lack of ethical integrity happens when you're more focused on quantity over quality.
People aren't calling out the staff. They're calling out the management.