"I’m primarily concerned," Amy explains, "with the potential for disruptions and discord in our research groups. We have many highly regarded people on the research staff, and they are very devoted to their work. They don’t appreciate interruptions. Hurley-Cooper management has made a deliberate, continuing effort to minimize the impact of business practices on our research groups. Research," Amy continues, as no one else is speaking up, "is not at all like manufacturing. It’s a process that relies at least in part on creativity and imagination. As one of our leading scientists has remarked, research is half art, half guesswork. Untimely distractions can damage that process, and have the potential to cause irreparable harm."