I think one of your comments hits the nail very squarely on the head: 'showing some loyalties to your employees'. Most companies regard loyalty as being an upwards process by which the employee is loyal to the company. However, I think that loyalty is a mirror; the company is loyal to the staff and then that loyalty is reflected back. At the end of the day (and to use another analogy) a fish rots from the head down. If there is no loyalty at the bottom, it is because there is no loyalty at the top.