Recently I've watched some really good programs on Henry Ford. As with many people that had great success stories, there is good and bad to be told. He had as many as 9,000 narks out of the 50k that worked for him at the Rouge. He didn't allow any talking, so if a nark heard you talking to a buddy about something outside of work, they'd report you and you could be fired.
Ford didn't allow any drinking at his company parties, and only square dancing was allowed. He thought no one would ever need anything more than the Model T, which was why they were so far behind with the Model A. Edsel wanted the A into production long before his dad finally agreed to do so. One of the Dodge brothers was actually VP of Ford motor co. before they split.