The daisy chaining prevents single responsibility stuff like this.
Also for what it's worth I've done verification callbacks to every single one of my bosses at some point during my career here and no-one's ever questioned it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_management_culture
> The term of "ringi" has two meanings. The first meaning being of "rin", 'submitting a proposal to one's supervisors and receiving their approval,' and "gi" meaning 'deliberations and decisions.' Corporate policy is not clearly defined by the executive leadership of a Japanese company. Rather, the managers at all levels below executives must raise decisions to the next level except for routine decisions. The process of "ringi decision-making" is conducted through a document called a "ringisho".
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I'm no expert, I've never been to the land of the rising sun. This is what people have told me of their time there. Your input is very much appreciated.
Even in the West, nobody of low seniority challenges the C-level executive when they tailgate or walk around without their badge. And if you are new, if there is an important looking individual you don't recognise, you leave him alone, totally validating the "act as you belong adage".
If there's a need then this will change. You might as well say that they'd never use a telephone because it's culturally alien. It was alien, but it was useful, so they adapted. Same with email and video calls. The boss has to log into their banking just like everyone else, because there's a need for it. If there's a need for this, the OP's suggestion seems like a pretty good one, as it augments the existing culture with a security step.
It's true, I don't know Japan, but I suspect that they might have it much easier to adapt than western pretend-buddy orgs.
There’s often a distinction in armies between “illegal command” issued by a commander, which one has to obey (or risk disciplinary action) and “blatantly illegal command” which must be disobeyed. An example of the former would be “keep your post for 20 hours straight” (where regulations limit a shift to e.g. 12 hours). An example of the latter would be “cut the limbs off other members of your platoon”.
An army setting is a much better model of some cultures. They are not as bad, but if taken ad absurdum they would look like an army setting.
And it is far too easy to state that a foreign culture needs to change. The Japanese could say that American or Western culture needs to change, just for example with the glorification of violent criminals in media.
But that’s not how it works in authoritative cultures.
