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minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years ago Just run the company in a way where you don’t really care about maximizing profit. Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies.
minus-squareonolinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years ago Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies. Whose system of government? If you mean the USA, then no, it does not. https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/corporations-dont-have-to-maximize-profits https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-myth-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/2014/02/11/00cdfb14-9336-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-value-myth/
Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies.
Whose system of government? If you mean the USA, then no, it does not.
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/corporations-dont-have-to-maximize-profits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-myth-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/2014/02/11/00cdfb14-9336-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html
https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-value-myth/
Valve is not publicly traded.