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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''.
** Hank Scorpio. Great boss, offers terrific pensions and dental plans, even if [[Affably Evil|he happened to be running a criminal empire]]. He even
** [[Depending on the Writer]], Mr. Burns can play the trope straight, albeit on very, ''very'' rare occasions.
** Smithers once attempted to become this after briefly being placed as Burns' temporary replacement after Burns was arrested for a theft of paintings, but after Homer, Lenny and Carl started mocking him behind his back about his allowing them to essentially goof off... well, [[Bad Boss|you get the picture]].
** Homer himself played it quite straight when he became CEO and overthrew Mr. Burns, until he realized that he was missing out on his family, in which case, he gave the position back to Mr. Burns.
* [[Transformers|Optimus Prime]] (And [[Beast Wars|Primal]]).
* J. Gander Hooter from ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'': Absent-minded, a bit on the eccentric side, but an effective and fair mission control to Darkwing and the agents of S.H.U.S.H., generous with praise and sternly serious about getting results on protecting the world from F.O.W.L.
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* Iroh from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is a good candidate for this trope. He withdrew his troops from a two year long seige of Ba Sing Se when he realized that it was pretty much hopeless (granted, it took the death of his only son to see this....), and he acts more or less like the [[Only Sane Man|voice of reason]] to the troops under Zuko's command during his exile. It is probably safe to say that Iroh is the ''only'' reason that the crew did ''not'' mutiny the entire time they were under [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Zuko's]] command.
* In the original ''[[DuckTales (1987)|DuckTales]]'', Scrooge McDuck is tough and stern, but extremely fair to his employees.
** He is less benevolent in the comics, varying from a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] in comics by [[Carl Barks]] or [[Don Rosa]] to a greedy [[Morally-Bankrupt Banker]] and [[Evil Debt Collector]], to a borderline [[Complete Monster]] in some of the Italian stories, where he'll foreclose on a poor woman's washing machine for being even a nickel short on her debt, literally. The thing most people don't get about most versions of Scrooge is that he doesn't believe in luxuries, for himself, or anyone else, period. So while he won't spend a cent on break rooms or heating for his employees, he will pay them very well. For example, when asked for a loan from a real bad boss, Scrooge demanded 50% for himself (his usual commission fee), and 45% for the man's employees.
* Jerrica "[[Jem]]" Benton could be one for ''Starlight Music''—she is the CEO after the [[Five Episode Pilot]].
== Real Life ==
* Besides gaining a reputation for durable and stylish footwear, the Filipino shoe brand Ang Tibay (lit. So Durable or It's Durable) was also lauded for the company's treatment of its employees. According to one article,<ref>[https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/modern-living/2002/04/20/157909/way-we-wore The Way We Wore]</ref> company founder Teodoro Toribio spared no expense at looking after his workers as not only was the work facilities at his [[Art Deco]]-inspired factory well-lit and ventilated, Toribio had recreational facilities installed such as an employee lounge and even a bowling alley (decades before such facilities became common in companies such as [[Ubisoft]] and [[Facebook]] among others), and provided housing near the factory premises. It helps that Toribio lived a [[Rags to Riches]] story himself, knowing how it felt like to be impoverished and thus gave back to those who have been in the same situation as he was prior to his success.
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