It's a trickle-down effect from the top.  Businesses here more often than not place little value in the employee and most of their value in the business itself.  So, the employees tend to care only about themselves, and I can't blame them.  Been to cultures where the employee is more important than the business, and every employee behaves as if the business was their own.  Their quality and effort is their job is unparalleled here, whether the person runs a division or cleans the bathrooms.