I've done waterfall and agile over 20 years and have yet to see a SCRUM like system deliver for either the business or the developers. Agile (regardless of SCRUM, Sprints, LEAN, KANBAN etc) only works where the whole project breathes it from business client to support. The contract can't be fixed term, fixed price and fixed scope and be agile. The closer you get the client to the project, the higher the chance of suc…
I have seen all of those things happen! They are real pitfalls! But I truly do not follow your reasoning here. What you are describing here are truly odious management practices that violate just about every tenet of those methodologies. This seems to be like blaming a recipe instead of a cook who willfully, knowingly contradicts the recipe at every possible moment. Thoughts?
However, I think a vanishingly small number of corporations care enough about the recipe to cook it properly. The recipe itself can be abused. A better recipe would be safe from abuse.
I'm not sure what that recipe looks like.