in the company of men be not a criticism of all thing male . far from it . it be a social commentary that take a good hard look on what we in society like to call relationship . it about the way woman really do set themselves up for disappointment when they always fall for the bad boy . it about the way men aren not really men unless they be hard hearted and unemotional and and unreal . let me explain . in the end and it chad who start and end the entire ordeal it be he who drive the final stake into christine heart . and yet it be also chad who make his way upwards through the corporate ladder and chad who charm his way into christine life and chad who go home to love wife . why . because he be what society look for in a man . and the only one to ever figure it out be howard . the only one who really feel anything for christine be howard . the only one who end up alone and broken ( throw up in a stairwell ) be howard . at the end of the movie and he scream at the top of his lung and try to get christine attention but he be not hear . neither be we . the truth be and any man who have the independence not to become a cold and unfeeling bd get the short end of the stick from society . and in modern society and it take a man of great will not follow chad example and come out on top . the moral of this story be simple represent nice guy finish last . the entire movie be thus build upon a central metaphor . in essence and the modern corporation be a manifestation of labute company of men and it be an entity that call for fundamental male ness . the corporation be a modern day battlefield and and there no room for politeness .