Zero tolerance domestic violence policies make no sense

Article here. Excerpt:

'What a zero tolerance policy usually means to those who create them for their organizations is that as a company (or government) not only they will not allow their employees to be abused, they will also take whatever measures are in their power to see that the abuser is held accountable for his actions. While this sounds good on paper, these policies are often adopted with at best, an incomplete understanding of the issue at hand. Special interest groups, in this case the powerful, feminist-run domestic violence industry, have spent years putting on the pressure and insisting the issue be approached their way. It is the industry view that intimate partner abuse is always a clear-cut issue that can be permanently solved by laws and policies, the human aspect be damned.
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Cases of intimate partner abuse that flow out into the workplace probably should be dealt with in some way, but a zero tolerance policy is not an effective tool for managers at any level. Such a policy forces a negative, adversarial action against employees without regard to the actual situation; good managers know that a rigid, unconsidered response to a personal issue of any kind is no way to promote good employee morale or productivity.'