Well it sounds as if the OP is making inference to side switching in order to gain some advantage over the opposing force. If that's the case, then what can be done about it? IIRC, HTC had a real issue about this with a member of the community. I think it involved switching sides in order to find and then "rat out" the cv's or go and sink them himself. Once it was discovered that this was taking place, I think the culprit got hit with a one week ban, or something along those lines. If memory serves, this incident hastened the return of the 12 hour limit on side switching.
So with this being said, how do we address this problem? Do we really have the ability to police our own? Could not the Moderators be given some additional authority to deal with this when it happens, provided they are made aware of it at the time? Or perhaps upping the time limit on side switching to say 24 hours? As a rule, I don't switch sides, but understand why some do, and that any increase in the time limit (is it still 12 hours) will hamper legitimate reasons for doing so. However, I feel this increase may serve as a way to discourage the aforementioned activities subsequent to a possible ban of some time levied against the offender.
Just my 0.2's worth
Nutz