Something illegal isn't necessarily immoral either (see Pot legislation).
Morality is a mix of individual belief, faith, and community norms. My point is that what people find immoral here is pretty specious and of a rather isolated community.
You will just have to accept that a great many people will not respect the dirty side business, and rightly so. I understand that you've done what you have to do, and that's fine, I'd do the same in your shoes.
But there is nothing about petty human infighting that deserves praise. It's a huge (and unavoidable) waste of time. In an ideal world, employee poaching would be prevented by providing a better working environment and compensation. We don't live in an ideal world, sadly.
I do accept a great many dont respect the dirty side of business. I just find it fascinating they do so on a board that is in part dedicated to entrepreneurship and building scalable businesses that will almost certainly conduct such practices once they have scaled.
Morality is a science, tasked with answering the question: what ought I do in order to live the longest, best life I can live, given the facts of reality?
