"I emailed you." -> "You didn't tell me about it."
"I told you." -> "You didn't put that formally in writing."
"I told you and emailed you." -> "There were other (unspecified) priorities."
There's always an out.
"I told you." -> "You didn't put that formally in writing."
"I told you and emailed you." -> "There were other (unspecified) priorities."
There's always an out.
but I agree, there is always some excuse.
While those who believe in contract driven accountability may constitute a minority, they could start a mailing list to coordinate and discover companies or startups applying these principles, and putting the rules into legally binding contracts and the company bylaws or whatever.
Nothing would happen until a local critical mass was reached, unless the work could be done remote at first. The first such companies could then spin out branches that do non-remote work (lab work, manufacture, ...).