Sure, but there's inherent latency between detecting the bad behavior and punishing it. Sometimes that latency is infinite, as tends to be the case in many government jobs.

It's not just a "bad management" issue, and trying to blame it entirely on the company is just as bullshit as blaming it entirely on the worker.

> If an employee completes all the work assigned to them

The criterion is very clear for the point I'm making. Either you completed the work that was assigned or you didn't.