These executives, directors and managers decision making is limited to the level of authority delegated to them by the owner. They make decisions that correlate with the dictates and policies of the business owner. If they do not respect the decisions and policies of the owner, they should be fired.
In business, we also have the concept of ownership thru inheritance, and the existence of a company being held as a Trust. This allows a business owner to set conditions that must be followed by all those who inherit the business.
In government, the Legislative branch is analogous to the business owner. It is congress that determines how the government will be run. It is Congress that creates, funds and determines the goals and methods of every Government department.
The President and his cabinet have the responsibilities, like a corporate executives, to manage these departments. But these departments must be run according to the dictates of Congress...the owners. The President and his cabinet have limited authority to make decisions as dictated by Congress.
Congress itself does not have absolute authority over government. The government is like a trust. The current congress must respect the authority and legacy of all previous Congresses. The first and most important legacy left by previous congresses is the U.S. Constitution.
It must be respected along with all other laws and acts of all previous Congress. The current congress does have the power to rescind the laws of previous Congresses and to amend the Constitution, but they must do so formally. They can not simply ignore that actions of previous Congresses.
The responsibility of the Judicial branch of Government is like a trustee that must insure that the legacies of all previous Congresses are respected by both the President and the current Congress. Laws created by the current congress may be overturned. Actions by the President stopped.
Our current President and his appointees do not understand the relationship between the 3 branches or the President's role in government. They falsely assume that the President has authority analogous to a business owner. He does not.
Like a maverick corporate executive that assumes the authority of the owner, and contradicts the policies of the owner.
Congress has chosen to ignore this President's actions which contradict the policies of all Congressional legacies. Congress cannot just simply ignore these actions. If Congress chooses to support these actions, Congress must formally rescind these legacies and/or amend the Constitution.
It seems that The President, his cabinet, his appointees and the GOP majority in Congress have espoused a free libertarian, pro business philosophy. Yet their actions and inactions as government officials contradict the business ethics that they claim to believe in.