Commitment to the company's existing technology, product line, distribution system or customer base becomes a sacred cow.

FORBES

The government has proposed to slaughter a sacred cow of industrial relations a law permitting courts to order the rehiring, with compensation, of sacked workers.

ECONOMIST: Room for improvement

"A sacred cow is going to get slaughtered, it's just a question of which one, " says one senior Whitehall source about the coming welfare cuts.

BBC: Budget 'sacred cows�� under threat in welfare row