Loyalty is not a concept that a business has. Yes a business has to consider the emotions its human employees feel when making business decisions, but businesses don’t have virtues.
Don’t me wrong, I like and respect my bosses, and have worked with/for them for many years (boss is newest, grand boss second newest, great grand boss the longest, above that less direct but just as long). But if they get told hey “Steve’s LOB sux, get rid of it” or “you pay him how much? Fire him” they will say “yes sir/ma’am” and i’ll be gone. In the first case i could possibly rotate, but much of my value is in my specialization. I can do other things well, but i harbor no illusions that they would overpay out of loyalty.
So while i reject your characterization of a business having loyalty, perhaps it is more of “if you want your employees to feel loyalty toward the company, you have to earn it by demonstrating competent, rational business decision-making”. Making someone needlessly afraid for their prospects is counterproductive.
