Company structures contain existing research on misaligned subagents. It’s probably worth doing a literature review to see if some of those structures have insights that can be translated.
Also, how does nature solve this problem? How are genes aligned with the cell as a whole, cells with the multicellular organism, ants with the anthill?
Though I suspect that most (all?) solutions would be ethically and legally unacceptable for humans. They would translate as “if the company fails, all employees are executed” and similar.
“Principal-agent problem” seems like a relevant keyword.
Also, how does nature solve this problem? How are genes aligned with the cell as a whole, cells with the multicellular organism, ants with the anthill?
Though I suspect that most (all?) solutions would be ethically and legally unacceptable for humans. They would translate as “if the company fails, all employees are executed” and similar.