The brief time he spent with Frédérique served only to distract him from his 
mounting concerns about his superior, Bernard Ohara. The man’s continued
reliance on methods at variance with prevailing social values—covert, illegal
methods—can only be viewed by any rational person as most dangerous. The
extraterritorial nature of multinational corporations might prevent local 
government entities from preferring criminal charges or launching lawsuits, but 
that would never protect a corporation’s image.