In every presidential election year, it seems, editors come up with the idea to send reporters out in search of the same story: “Go find corporate bosses out there,” they tell some cub, “who are trying to strong-arm their employees to vote for one candidate or the other.” Unbelievably, every time, they find some. The 2012 batch includes CEOs sending memos explaining whose platform they think will help the organization thrive (and encouraging employees to vote accordingly, lest jobs be lost) and even one who sent his people to a rally. Given the power dynamics involved in the boss/worker relationship, this is a bad idea, and not only because it’s, well, a bad idea. It also makes no sense because …